A company is evaluating two separate projects, both with the same $15,000 initial investment. YearNet Cash Flows Project 1Net Cash Flows Project 2Present Value of 1 at 10% 1$ 10,000$ 20,0000.9091 2$ 10,000$ 7,0000.8264 3$ 10,000$ 3,0000.7513 What is the net present value of Project 1

At the end of the year, blossom co. has pretax financial income of $561,000. included in the $561,000 is $73,000 interest income on municipal bonds, $25,000 fine for dumping hazardous waste, and depreciation of $64,400. depreciation for tax purposes is $48,300. compute income taxes payable, assuming the tax rate is 30% for all periods.

Ajustification for job training programs is that they improve worker productivity. suppose that you are asked to evaluate whether more job training makes workers more productive. however, rather than having data on individual workers, you have access to data on manufacturing firms in ohio. in particu- lar, for each firm, you have information on hours of job training per worker (training) and number of nondefective items produced per worker hour (output). (i) carefully state the ceteris paribus thought experiment underlying this policy question. (ii) does it seem likely that a firm’s decision to train its workers will be independent of worker characteristics? what are some of those measurable and unmeasurable worker characteristics? (iii) name a factor other than worker characteristics that can affect worker productivity. (iv) if you find a positive correlation between output and training, would you have convincingly established that job training makes workers more productive? explain.

Find the interest rate for a $4000 deposit accumulating to $5234.58, compounded quarterly for 9 years