Which of the following statements regarding the accounting for business combinations is false? a. Goodwill is the difference between the consideration transferred by the acquirer to the acquiree and the fair value of identifiable assets acquired.
b. The acquirer in a business combination will only recognize the liabilities assumed if they meet the definition of liabilities and are part of the business combination transaction.
c. The identifiable assets acquired, liabilities assumed, and noncontrolling interest in the acquiree are recognized separately from the goodwill arising out of a business combination.
d. Under the acquisition method, the identifiable assets acquired during a business combination are measured at their acquisition- date fair values.

Consumer surplus is: the difference between the price of a product and what consumers were willing to pay for the product. the difference between the discounted price of a product and its retail price. the difference between the price paid by consumers and the price required of producers. the difference between the price of a product and consumers' valuation of the last unit of the product purchased.

Upscale hotels in the united states recently cut their prices by 20 percent in an effort to bolster dwindling occupancy rates among business travelers. a survey performed by a major research organization indicated that businesses are wary of current economic conditions and are now resorting to electronic media, such as the internet and the telephone, to transact business. assume a company's budget permits it to spend $5,000 per month on either business travel or electronic media to transact business. graphically illustrate how a 20 percent decline in the price of business travel would impact this company's budget set if the price of business travel was initially $1,000 per trip and the price of electronic media was $500 per hour. suppose that, after the price of business travel drops, the company issues a report indicating that its marginal rate of substitution between electronic media and business travel is 1. is the company allocating resources efficiently? explain.

Emerson has an associate degree. based on the bar chart below,how will his employment opportunities change from 2008 to 2018