Answer:
a) If bribes cost $1,000 each, how much will a housing inspector make each year in bribes?
So, if the corrupt inspector approves two newly built structures each week, ti means that he is bribed twice per week. There are 52 weeks in a year, so he gets a total of 104 bribes (52 x 2). If each bribe costs $1,000, then he makes a total of: $1,000 x 104 = $104,000 in bribes per year.
c) Corrupt officials may have an incentive to reduce the provision of government services to help line their own pockets.
This statement is true. Corrupt officials will want to have private companies they can obtain bribes from provide government services. It increases the probability of them making money from bribes.
d) What if reducing the number of inspectors from 20 to 10 only increased the equilibrium bribe from $1,000 to $1,500?
Reducing the number of inspectors in hafl means that each inspector now gets twice the bribes. Because the equilibrium price did not double as did the quantity of bribes, each inspector will make less money than expected, but they will still the incentive to collect all the four bribes per week.
Answer:
B. False
Explanation:
<em>Total Product offer </em>is every aspect of a product which the customer evaluates before buying.
From strategic marketing viewpoint, the customer may evaluate the product on both the tangible and intangible attributes.
An example of this is the iPhone by Apple. On tangible level, the product itself, the packaging and others are tangible attributes that a customer may evaluate. On intangible level, the brand name, perceived benefits, convenience, purchase services, and many other factors are part of the iPhone as the intangible attributes that the customer will evaluate.
As a marketer, one should think and talk in the language of customers- let it be from either tangible or intangible point of view.
Answer:
Option A, Credit to Cash, $560,000
Explanation:
As per the data given in the question,
Expenditure and liability = $700,000
Retaining percentage = 20%
Assuming the partial billing was certified for expenses and payments and liability was approved for amount $70,000. Though, Oxford has a policy not to pay 100 percent, but to retain 20 percent as a retained percentage.
So, $700,000 - $700,000 × 20%
= $700,000 - $140,000
= $560,000
Therefore, The entry to record the approved payment and retained percentage would include:
Option A, Credit to Cash, $560,000
Answer:
.b. The new project should be rejected because, if it is accepted, the firm's ROE will decline from 30% because the new ROE will be a weighted average of the old 30% and the 20% returns on the new investment
Explanation:
ROE means return on equity
ROE = Net income / shareholders equity
A project should be undertaken if the ROE of the project is greater than the cost of equity