Suppose you are interested in studying the determinants of wages. You plan to use the following model: wage=β0+β1educ+β2exper+u where wage = annual salary, in thousands of dollars educ = years of education expert = years of work experience You run the regression, and obtain the following results: wageˆ=12+1.1 educ+1.5 expert n300 R2 = 0.07 The predicted wage for an individual with 12 years of education and 5 years of experience is . The predicted wage for an individual with the same years of education but one additional year of work experience (that is, 6 years) is . The marginal effect of one extra year of work experience is . The R2 of this regression indicates that % of the variation in wage is explained by educ and exper together. Suppose you suspect that wages might be affected by the weight of each individual, either through discrimination based on weight by employers or decreased productivity, and therefore wages, brought on by an unhealthy weight. You decide to include body mass index (BMI) as a third explanatory variable to your regression. True
False:
Assuming you use the exact same data set as before, adding the explanatory variable bmi will always decrease the R2.
True
False"

Which of the following areas provides residents with close access to high-paying jobs and cultural attractions? a. the suburbs b. exurbs c. rural areas d. the city 2b2t

Instructions: use the following information to construct the 2000 balance sheet and income statement for carolina business machines. round all numbers to the nearest whole dollar. all numbers are in thousands of dollars. be sure to read the whole problem before you jump in and get started. at the end of 1999 the firm had $43,000 in gross fixed assets. in 2000 they purchased an additional $14,000 of fixed asset equipment. accumulated depreciation at the end of 1999 was $21,000. the depreciation expense in 2000 is $4,620. at the end of 2000 the firm had $3,000 in cash and $3,000 in accounts payable. in 2000 the firm extended a total of $9,000 in credit to a number of their customers in the form of accounts receivable. the firm generated $60,000 in sales revenue in 2000. their cost of goods sold was 60 percent of sales. they also incurred salaries and wages expense of $10,000. to date the firm has $1,000 in accrued salaries and wages. they borrowed $10,000 from their local bank to finance the $15,000 in inventory they now have on hand. the firm also has $7,120 invested in marketable securities. the firm currently has $20,000 in long-term debt outstanding and paid $2,000 in interest on their outstanding debt. over the firm's life, shareholders have put up $30,000. eighty percent of the shareholder's funds are in the form of retained earnings. the par value per share of carolina business machines stock is

Carlton industries is considering a new project that they plan to price at $74.00 per unit. the variable costs are estimated at $39.22 per unit and total fixed costs are estimated at $12,085. the initial investment required is $8,000 and the project has an estimated life of 4 years. the firm requires a return of 8 percent. ignore the effect of taxes. what is the degree of operating leverage at the financial break-even level of output?