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Milan DiElectrics (MDE), an Italian firm founded by Frank and Florence Potestio 25 years ago, produces a unique class of ruggedized capacitors for military, aerospace, and industrial applications.
Hurricane Safe produces an LED rechargeable flashlight torch that it sells online through various websites. It has the following cost structure.*Fixed cost at 100,000 units per year Required: a. If
Promotional Products (PP) manufactures and sells electronic accessories such as smart-phone cases, flash drives, etc. PP uses a traditional full absorption costing system for financial reporting and
Ceramtics manufactures a high-speed ceramic switch used in the telecommunications industry. Data about Ceramtics's operations for 2017 and 2018 are presented below:Ceramtics had no beginning
GrwnPwr, a privately held startup company, designs and manufacturers patented electrodes for electric-powered vehicle batteries. GrwnPwr's patented electrodes allow battery makers to produce lighter
Aspen View produces a full line of sunglasses. This year it began producing a new model of sunglasses, the Peak 32. It produced 5,300 pairs and sold 4,900 pairs. The following table summarizes the
Routers Inc. manufactures and sells two types of high-speed, secure wireless routers: a home router and a commercial router. Routers Inc. purchases components (printed circuit boards, antennas, power
LifeCam Medical produces various titanium orthopedic bone plates for trauma injuries. It has three different product lines (TS1, IFO, and Xpan) and uses activity-based costing to compute the cost of
SPP (Secure Payment Processing) is the dominant technology firm that provides end-to-end secure Internet transaction processing. SPP offers its e-tailers the best security of their customer personal
SnapOn makes snap-together button fasteners (a male top and female bottom) for designer clothes. Each top and bottom consists of several metal parts that, when attached to the garment, allow the
Joe Bell, president and chief executive officer of Dyna Golf, has called a meeting of the executive committee of his board of directors. He is concerned about the price competition and declining
Seth Technologies manufactures culture mediums that biotech and pharmaceutical research labs use to grow viral and bacterial specimens. They have perfected a specialized culture, PETR82 for a
Hurricane Catalyst produces a variety of specialty chemicals. Hurricane uses a standard costing system. On June 19, it purchased 4,400 pounds of AD98 for $105,380 because it had no inventory of this
Mickles Ltd. uses a standard cost system. In June, Mickles' direct labor efficiency variance was $1,470 U and its direct labor rate variance was $825 F. Mickles manufactured 460 batches of product in
To generate needed foreign exchange, the Cuban government entered into a joint venture with Domingo Cigars of Spain. The joint venture manufactures Domingo Cigars in Cuba using Cuban tobacco and
Dr. Madison, inventor and owner of Madison Corrosion Treatment, has discovered that ordinary mufflers and pipes, when treated with his patented process, will become permanently impervious to
You work in the Strategy Analysis department of On-Call, a worldwide paging firm offering satellite- based digital communications through sophisticated pagers. On-Call is analyzing the possibility of
Turow Trailers assembles horse trailers. Two models are manufactured: G7 and V8. While laborintensive, the production process is not very complicated. The single plant produces all the trailers with
Logical Solutions reports the following overhead variances for 2016: Spending variance ........................... $100,000 F Efficiency variance ......................... $100,000 F Volume variance
The Lancaster Chamber Orchestra is a small community orchestra that offers two distinct concert series for its patrons. Series A is devoted entirely to the performance of a classical repertoire and
I received the following email from a former student. I hope you are doing well. I took your Managerial Accounting class ten years ago and have a question on how to do costing in a service-based
In 1995, Global Oil Corporation's Marketing and Refining (M&R) Division was the fifth largest U.S. refiner with 7,700 Global-branded service stations selling about 23 million gallons per day, or 7
Assume that the price of a bus trip is $1, and the price of a gallon of gas is $2.50. What is the relative price of a gallon of gas, in terms of bus trips? What happens when the price of a bus trip
You have $4,000 to spend on entertainment this year (lucky you!). The price of a day trip (T) is $40 and the price of a pizza and a movie (M) is $20. Suppose that your utility function is U(T,M) =
Draw the demand curve Q = 250 − 10P. Calculate the price elasticity of demand at prices of $5, $10, and $15 to show how it changes as you move along this linear demand curve.
Your state introduced a tax cut in the year 2007. You are interested in seeing whether this tax cut has led to increases in personal consumption within the state. You observe the following
A health study in England surveyed people from 1972 to 1974 and then followed up on them 20 years later. In the original sample, 44% of women were smokers, but only 19% of women over the age of 65
Table 6.1 from the 2004 federal budget's historical tables (https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/budget/fy2004/pdf/hist.pdf) shows how the main categories of federal outlays have
Consider a one-year project that costs $126,000, provides an income of $70,000 a year for 5 years, and costs $225,000 to dispose of at the very end of the fifth year. Assume that the first payment
From 1962 to 1965, federal spending on nondefense-related education and training rose from $9.6 billion to $19.5 billion, while from 2001 to 2004, it rose from $178.4 billion to $217.5 billion. Given
A government is considering paving a highway with a newly developed "wear-proof" material. Paving the highway would cost $4 billion today, but it would save $400 million in maintenance costs for each
Suppose that the (external) damage done by pollution is known to be MD = 300 + 5Q, and the (private) cost and benefit are given by MC = 100 + 2Q and MB = D0 − 2Q, where D0 is not precisely known.
In close congressional votes, many members of Congress choose to remain "undecided" until the last moment. Why might they do this? What lesson does this example teach about a potential shortcoming of
Suppose that a firm's marginal production costs are given by MC = 10 + 30Q. The firm's production process generates a toxic waste, which imposes an increasingly large cost on the residents of the
Suppose 20 people each have the demand Q = 20 − P for streetlights and 5 people have the demand Q = 18 − 2P for streetlights. The cost of building each streetlight is 10. If it is impossible to
Consider an economy with three types of individuals, differing only with respect to their preferences for monuments. Individuals of the first type get a fixed benefit of 250 from the mere existence
A new public works project requires 300,000 hours of labor to complete. a. Suppose the labor market is perfectly competitive and the market wage is $20. What is the opportunity cost of the labor
Refer back to the discussion of Chapter 4. There is an enormous intertemporal budget imbalance in the United States, with current generations spending well beyond their means and future generations
The House is to consider two linked pieces of legislation, A and B. It is clear that the Senate will not pass Bill A or B either by itself, but it will pass them together. Two hundred representatives
Stratmann (1995) documented a condition of "logrolling" in Congress, in which members of Congress trade votes on one bill for votes on another. Is logrolling efficient, or should it be banned?
Figlio (2000) found that legislators are more likely to mirror their constituents' preferences during election years than in earlier years of their terms. This is particularly true for relatively
Epple and Romano (2002) describe theoretical evidence that school vouchers will lead to "cream-skimming," where private schools will pick off the better students and leave public schools with
Unemployment benefits are subject to income taxes. They are not (by default) subject to withholding, or to payroll taxes. Suppose that a particular worker is subject to a payroll tax of 7.65% of her
Pat, Jamie, and Taylor and are three individuals who are identical in every relevant way except one: they differ in their health insurance coverage. All three have just been diagnosed with a fully
Is the rapidly expanding share of total GDP of the health sector in the United States necessarily evidence of wasteful health care spending? Why or why not?
The nation of Fishkasar has a tax rate of 5% on the first 20,000 walops (the national currency) of taxable income, then 20% on the next 30,000 walops, then 50% on all taxable income above 50,000
Ed and Wendy are a married couple with no children. Each earns $75,000 per year, and their combined household adjusted gross income is $150,000. John and Kristen also have $150,000 in combined
Consider the changes over time in the U.S. effective tax rates presented in Table 19-1. How did the total effective tax burden change for the lowest and highest deciles of the population between 1979
Why did Harding et al. (2012), discussed in the text, use changes in state-level tax rates on cigarettes rather than across-state differences in tax rates on cigarettes in their study of the impact
The demand for rutabagas is Q = 2,000 − 300P and the supply of rutabagas is Q = −100 + 100P. Who bears the statutory incidence of a $2 per unit tax on the sale of rutabagas? Who bears the
The demand for rutabagas is still Q = 2,000 − 300P and the supply is still Q = −100 + 100P, as in Question 2. Governor Sloop decides that instead of imposing the $2 sales tax described in
State Representative Foard has just suggested levying a sizable per-garage-space tax on single family homes, arguing that garages, and especially multi-car garages, are an excellent indicator of the
Consider a social insurance program, such as unemployment insurance, that is financed by a payroll tax and for which only working individuals are eligible for benefits. Now suppose policy makers
Consider President Obama's early 2015 proposed package of EITC changes, discussed at the end of Section 21.3 in the text. a. Based on the evidence from the research literature described in this
Congresswoman Flip and Congresswoman Flop have competing proposals to increase savings rates in the United States. Congresswoman Flip proposes to allow families to place up to $20,000 in special
Some city-level officials argue that targeted tax breaks will be good for their city. Other officials argue that there should be a state law that bans the use of targeted state-level tax breaks.
Suppose a new law is passed to raise capital gains tax rates next January. How do you expect this law to affect capital gains realizations and capital gains tax revenue in the remainder of this year
When Bill died in 2014, he left his children $300,000 in cash (generated from labor earnings), a $2.5-million home he had purchased (with labor earnings) for $100,000 in 1985, and $3.2 million in
Hermione lives in a country with two tax brackets: the first $30,000 of earnings is taxed at 20%, and any additional income above $30,000 is taxed at 40%. Harry lives in a country with a single tax
What is the difference between a long forward position and a short forward position?
When first issued, a stock provides funds for a company. Is the same true of an exchange-traded stock option? Discuss.
Suppose that a March call option to buy a share for $50 costs $2.50 and is held until March. Under what circumstances will the holder of the option make a profit? Under what circumstances will the
Suppose that a June put option to sell a share for $60 costs $4 and is held until June. Under what circumstances will the seller of the option (i.e., the party with a short position) make a profit?
A trader writes a December put option with a strike price of $30. The price of the option is $4. Under what circumstances does the trader make a gain?
Explain carefully the difference between hedging, speculation, and arbitrage.
Describe the profit from the following portfolio: a long forward contract on an asset and a long European put option on the asset with the same maturity as the forward contract and a strike price
In the 1980s, Bankers Trust developed index currency option notes (ICONs). These were bonds in which the amount received by the holder at maturity varied with a foreign exchange rate. One example
On July 1, 2017, a company enters into a forward contract to buy 10 million Japanese yen on January 1, 2018. On September 1, 2017, it enters into a forward contract to sell 10 million Japanese yen on
Suppose that USD-sterling spot and forward exchange rates are as follows:Spot..........................................1.558090-day forward.............................1.5556180-day
``Buying a put option on a stock when the stock is owned is a form of insurance.'' Explain this statement.
On May 3, 2016, as indicated in Table 1.2, the spot offer price of Google stock is $696.25 and the offer price of a call option with a strike price of $700 and a maturity date of September is
What is the difference between entering into a long forward contract when the forward price is $50 and taking a long position in a call option with a strike price of $50?
The price of gold is currently $1,200 per ounce. The forward price for delivery in one year is $1,300 per ounce. An arbitrageur can borrow money at 3% per annum. What should the arbitrageur do?
On May 3, 2016, an investor owns 100 Google shares. As indicated in Table 1.3, the share price is about $696 and a December put option with a strike price $660 costs $38.10. The investor is
Suppose that in the situation of Table 1.1 a corporate treasurer said: "I will have £1 million to sell in six months. If the exchange rate is less than 1.42, I want you to give me 1.42. If it is
Explain carefully the difference between selling a call option and buying a put option.
Describe how foreign currency options can be used for hedging in the situation considered in Section 1.7 so that (a) ImportCo is guaranteed that its exchange rate will be less than 1.4700, and (b)
An investor enters into a short forward contract to sell 100,000 British pounds for U.S. dollars at an exchange rate of 1.5000 U.S. dollars per pound. How much does the investor gain or lose if the
Suppose that you write a put contract with a strike price of $40 and an expiration date in three months. The current stock price is $41 and the contract is on 100 shares. What have you committed
What is the difference between the over-the-counter market and the exchange-traded market? What are the bid and offer quotes of a market maker in the over-the-counter or exchange-traded market?
You would like to speculate on a rise in the price of a certain stock. The current stock price is $29, and a three-month call with a strike of $30 costs $2.90. You have $5,800 to invest. Identify two
Distinguish between the terms open interest and trading volume.
Explain why collateral requirements will increase in the OTC market as a result of new regulations introduced since the 2008 credit crisis.
What is the difference between a local and a futures commission merchant?
Suppose that on October 24, 2018, a company sells one April 2019 live-cattle futures contracts. It closes out its position on January 21, 2019. The futures price (per pound) is 121.20 cents when it
It is July 2017. A mining company has just discovered a small deposit of gold. It will take six months to construct the mine. The gold will then be extracted on a more or less continuous basis for
Suppose that you enter into a short futures contract to sell July silver for $17.20 per ounce. The size of the contract is 5,000 ounces. The initial margin is $4,000, and the maintenance margin is
What position is equivalent to a long forward contract to buy an asset at K on a certain date and a put option to sell it for K on that date?
Suppose that in September 2018 a company takes a long position in a contract on May 2019 crude oil futures. It closes out its position in March 2019. The futures price (per barrel) is $48.30 when it
What does a stop order to sell at $2 mean? When might it be used? What does a limit order to sell at $2 mean? When might it be used?
What is the difference between the operation of the margin accounts administered by a clearing house and those administered by a broker?
What differences exist in the way prices are quoted in the foreign exchange futures market, the foreign exchange spot market, and the foreign exchange forward market?
The party with a short position in a futures contract sometimes has options as to the precise asset that will be delivered, where delivery will take place, when delivery will take place, and so on.
What are the most important aspects of the design of a new futures contract?
Under what circumstances are (a) a short hedge and (b) a long hedge appropriate?
Explain what is meant by basis risk when futures contracts are used for hedging.
Suppose the one-year gold lease rate is 1.5% and the one-year risk-free rate is 5.0%. Both rates are compounded annually. Use the discussion in Business Snapshot 3.1 to calculate the maximum one-year
Explain what is meant by a perfect hedge. Does a perfect hedge always lead to a better outcome than an imperfect hedge? Explain your answer.
It is now October 2017. A company anticipates that it will purchase 1 million pounds of copper in each of February 2018, August 2018, February 2019, and August 2019. The company has decided to use
Under what circumstances does a minimum-variance hedge portfolio lead to no hedging at all?
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