One could argue correctly that:
a. all firms in any industry can earn short-run but not necessarily long-run positive economic profit.
b. all firms in any industry can earn long-run but not necessarily short-run positive economic profit.
c. all firms in any industry can earn both short-run and long-run positive economic profit.
d. no firm in any industry can earn a long-run positive economic profit because all price changes made by any firm will be followed by all of the other firms.
e. all firms in any industry can earn a short-run positive profit if economies of scale exist.

Answer:

a. all firms in any industry can earn short-run but not necessarily long-run positive economic profit. 

Explanation:

A firm economic profit if its accounting profit is greater than opportunity cost.

A firm earns accounting profit if its total revenue is greater than its total explicit cost.

A monopoly and oligopoly can earn positive economic profit in the short and long run because the industries have high barriers to entry and exit of firms.

On the other hand, a perfect competitive industry can earn only economic profit in the short run. Because of low barriers to entry of firms, if a firm is earning economic profit, in the long run new firms would enter into the industry and drive economic profit to zero.

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Moates Corporation has provided the following data concerning an investment project that it is considering:

Initial investment $ 250,000
Annual cash flow $ 119,000 per year
Expected life of the project 4 years
Discount rate 8 %
Click here to view Exhibit 13B-1 and Exhibit 13B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using the tables provided.

The net present value of the project is closest to: (Round your intermediate calculations and final answer to the nearest whole dollar amount.)

Multiple Choice

$250,000

$144,128

$(131,000)

$(144,128)

Okun's law states that
a. a change in the output gap occurs with a change in the rate of unemployment that is smaller in magnitude and in the opposite direction.
b. a change in the output gap occurs with a change in the rate of unemployment that is larger in magnitude and in the opposite direction.
c. inflation causes a decrease in the value of money held by the public.
d. the government may temporarily suspend citizens' rights during periods of hyperinflation in an attempt to maintain security and stability.

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The president of Ravens Inc. attended a seminar about the contribution margin model and returned to her company full of enthusiasm about it. She requested that last year’s traditional model income statement be revised, and she received the following report: Division Total Company A B C Sales $ 484,000 $ 188,000 $ 128,000 $ 168,000 Variable expenses 268,000 112,000 66,000 90,000 Contribution margin $ 216,000 $ 76,000 $ 62,000 $ 78,000 Fixed expenses 172,000 54,000 68,000 50,000 Net income (loss) $ 44,000 $ 22,000 $ (6,000 ) $ 28,000 The president was told that the fixed expenses of $172,000 included $94,500 that had been split evenly between divisions because they were general corporate expenses. After looking at the statement, the president exclaimed, "I knew it! Division B is a drag on the whole company. Close it down!"
Evaluate the President's remark.

Early in 2021, the Excalibur Company began developing a new software package to be marketed. The project was completed in December 2021 at a cost of $36 million. Of this amount, $24 million was spent before technological feasibility was established. Excalibur expects a useful life of five years for the new product with total revenues of $60 million. During 2022, revenue of $18 million was recognized. Required: 1. Prepare a journal entry to record the 2021 development costs. 2. Calculate the required amortization for 2022. 3. Determine the amount to report for the computer software costs in the December 31, 2022, balance sheet.

Waterways puts much emphasis on cash flow when it plans for capital investments. The company chose its discount rate of 8% based on the rate of return it must pay its owners and creditors. Using that rate, Waterways then uses different methods to determine the best decisions for making capital outlays.
In 2017 Waterways is considering buying five new backhoes to replace the backhoes it now has. The new backhoes are faster, cost less to run, provide for more accurate trench digging, have comfort features for the operators, and have 1-year maintenance agreements to go with them. The old backhoes are working just fine, but they do require considerable maintenance. The backhoe operators are very familiar with the old backhoes and would need to learn some new skills to use the new backhoes.
The following information is available to use in deciding whether to purchase the new backhoes.
Old Backhoes New Backhoes
Purchase cost when new $90,000 $200,000
Salvage value now $42,000
Investment in major overhaul needed in next year $55,000
Salvage value in 8 years $15,000 $90,000
Remaining life 8 years 8 years
Net cash flow generated each year $30,425 $43,900
Required:
1. Evaluate in the following ways whether to purchase the new equipment or overhaul the old equipment. (Hint: For the old machine, the initial investment is the cost of the overhaul. For the new machine, subtract the salvage value of the old machine to determine the initial cost of the investment.)
a. Using the net present value method for buying new or keeping the old
b. Using the payback method for each choice. (Hint: For the old machine, evaluate the payback of an overhaul.)
c. Comparing the profitability index for each choice.
d. Calculate the internal rate of return for the new and old blackhoes.
e. Comparing the internal rate of return for each choice to the required 8% discount rate.

On January 1, 2021, Tonge Industries had outstanding 480,000 common shares ($1 par) that originally sold for $30 per share, and 6,000 shares of 10% cumulative preferred stock ($100 par), convertible into 60,000 common shares.

On October 1, 2021, Tonge sold and issued an additional 16,000 shares of common stock at $37. At December 31, 2021, there were 22,000 incentive stock options outstanding, issued in 2020, and exercisable after one year for 22,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $34. The market price of the common stock at year-end was $52. During the year, the price of the common shares had averaged $44.

Net income was $940,000. The tax rate for the year was 40%.

Required:

Compute basic and diluted EPS for the year ended December 31, 2021. (Enter your answers in thousands.)

On May 1, 2020, Riverbed Inc. entered into a contract to deliver one of its specialty mowers to Kickapoo Landscaping Co. The contract requires Kickapoo to pay the contract price of $990 in advance on May 15, 2020. Kickapoo pays Riverbed on May 15, 2020, and Riverbed delivers the mower (with cost of $648) on May 31, 2020. (a) Prepare the journal entry on May 1, 2020, for Riverbed. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts.)

On January 1, Year 1, Bryson Company obtained a $147,750, four-year, 7% installment note from Campbell Bank. The note requires annual payments of $43,620, beginning on December 31, Year 1. Prepare an amortization table for this installment note, similar to the one presented in Exhibit 4. Journalize the entries for the issuance of the note and the four annual note payments. Describe how the annual note payment would be reported in the Year 1 income statement.

Barbara's Bakery purchased three new 7-year assets during the current year. She chose NOT to use Section 179 immediate expensing or take bonus depreciation. The furnishings were purchased for $15,000 in April, the equipment for $6,000 in July, and the appliances for $40,000 in November. What amount of depreciation expense is allowable in the current year

Ratios are generally calculated from historical data. Of what use are they in assessing

the firm’s future financial condition?​

Never Forget Bakery purchased a lot in Oil City six years ago at a cost of $278,000. Today, that lot has a market value of $320,000. At the time of the purchase, the company spent $6,000 to level the lot and another $8,000 to install storm drains. The company now wants to build a new facility on that site. The building cost is estimated at $1.03 million. What amount should be used as the initial cash flow for this project?

Lidell Inc. budgeted production of 48,000 personal journals in 20Y6. Each journal requires assembly. Assume that three minutes are required to assemble each journal. If assembly labor costs $13 per hour, determine the direct labor cost budget for 20Y6. Do not round your intermediate calculations but, if required, round your final answer to the nearest dollar.

You pay $20,800 to the Laramie Fund which has a NAV of $18.00 per share at the beginning of the year. The fund deducted a front-end load of 3.00%. The securities in the fund increased in value by 12% during the year. The fund's expense ratio is 1.50% and is deducted from year end asset values. What is your rate of return on the fund if you sell your shares at the end of the year

During April, the production department of a process operations system completed and transferred to finished goods 18,000 units that were in process at the beginning of April and 90,000 units that were started and completed in April. April's beginning inventory units were 100% complete with respect to materials and 40% complete with respect to labor. At the end of April, 30,000 additional units were in process in the production department and were 100% complete with respect to materials and 60% complete with respect to labor. The beginning inventory included materials cost of $107,000 and the production department incurred direct materials cost of $329,000 during the month. Compute the direct materials cost per equivalent unit for the department using the weighted-average method

Stiller Corporation incurred fixed manufacturing costs of $24,000 during 2015. Other information for 2015 includes: The budgeted denominator level is 2,000 units. Units produced total 1,500 units. Units sold total 1,200 units. Beginning inventory was zero. The company uses absorption costing and the fixed manufacturing cost rate is based on the budgeted denominator level. Manufacturing variances are closed to cost of goods sold. Operating income using absorption costing will be ________ than operating income if using variable costing.

Assume the economy of country C produces hotdogs and buns in the following quantities and prices in 2016 and 2017. Assume also that 2016 is the base year and the real GDP will be calculated using 2016 prices. What is the real GDP 2017? Hot Dogs Buns Quantity Price Quantity Price Year 2016 (base year) 6 million $2 4 million $1 Year 2017 8 million $3 6 million $2 a. $22 million. b. $26 million c. $16 million. d. $36 million.

On November 1, 2018, Green Valley Farm entered into a contract to buy a $150,000 harvester from John Deere. The contract required Green Valley Farm to pay $150,000 in advance on November 1, 2018. The harvester (cost of $110,000) was delivered on November 30, 2018. The journal entry to record the contract on November 1, 2018 includes a Group of answer choices a) credit to Accounts Receivable for $150,000 b) credit to Sales Revenue for $150,000. c) credit to Unearned Sales Revenue for $150,000. d) debit to Unearned Sales Revenue for $150,000.

Bonnie Jo purchased a used camera (five-year property) for use in her sole proprietorship. The basis of the camera was $3,000. Bonnie Jo used the camera in her business 60 percent of the time and used it for personal purposes the rest of the time during the first year. Calculate Bonnie Jo's depreciation deduction during the first year, assuming the sole proprietorship had a loss during the year. (Bonnie did not place the property in service in the last quarter.)

Stahlmaere Inc. is a start-up company that manufactures simple machines. It is interested in analyzing the profit from a new machine using Monte Carlo simulation. It wants to investigate the profit resulting from a selling price of $150 per unit. The setup and advertising costs are known to total $75,000. They assume that the demand for the product is normally distributed with a mean of 1500 units and a standard deviation of 100 units. The company estimates that the raw material cost per unit is uniformly distributed between $5 and $6. The labor cost per unit is assumed to follow a discrete uniform distribution from $12 to $16. A junior analyst has devised the following Excel spreadsheet that simulates a single scenario using the information given above: Selling price per unit = 150 Set up and advertising cost = 75000 Demand = =NORM.INV(RAND(),1500,100) Raw material cost per unit = =5+(6-5)*RAND() Labor cost per unit = =RANDBETWEEN(12,16) Profit = =(B1*B4)-B2-((B5+B6)*B4) Copy-and-paste the above information into cells A1:B8 of an Excel spreadsheet. Then use a data table to repeat the simulation 1000 times. From the simulation results, estimate Stahlmaere's expected mean profit. Understanding that simulation is random in nature and that your estimate is unlikely to match any of the answer choices exactly, choose the answer choice that is closest to the estimated mean profit.

A. $180,000
B. $50,000
C. $150,000
D. $90,000
E. $120,000

On December 31, Westworld Inc. has the following equity accounts and balances: Retained Earnings, $50,500; Common Stock, $2,100; Treasury Stock, $3,100; Paid-In Capital in Excess of Par Value, Common Stock, $40,100; Preferred Stock, $8,100; and Paid-In Capital in Excess of Par Value, Preferred Stock, $4,100. Prepare the stockholders’ equity section of Westworld’s balance sheet. (Negative amount(s) should be indicated by a minus sign.)

g Willow Creek Company purchased and installed carpet in its new general offices on April 30 for a total cost of $18,000. The carpet is estimated to have a 15-year useful life and no residual value. a. Prepare the journal entry necessary for recording the purchase of the new carpet. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank. Apr. 30 b. Record the December 31 adjusting entry for the partial-year depreciation expense for the carpet, assuming that Willow Creek uses the straight-line method. Do not round intermediate calculations. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank. Dec. 31

Suppose Mr. Lane just bought a share of BlueWind Co., a renewable energy startup. BlueWind promises to pay Mr. Lane $18 in dividends for one year and then the firm will shut down. Suppose that the liquidation value of the share is $3, and the rate of time preference is 5%. Then, according to the single-period dividend discount model, the present value of the cash payment received by Mr. Lane in one year would be

On January 2, 2020, Concord Corporation replaced its boiler with a more efficient one. The following information was available on that date: Purchase price of new boiler $140500 Carrying amount of old boiler 8500 Fair value of old boiler 3200 Installation cost of new boiler 21600 The old boiler was sold for $3200. What amount should Concord capitalize as the cost of the new boiler

Builder Products, Inc., uses the weighted-average method in its process costing system. It manufactures a caulking compound that goes through three processing stages prior to completion. Information on work in the first department, Cooking, is given below for May: Production data: Pounds in process, May 1; materials 100% complete;conversion 90% complete 76,000Pounds started into production during May 410,000Pounds completed and transferred out ?Pounds in process, May 31; materials 60% complete;conversion 40% complete 36,000Cost data: Work in process inventory, May 1: Materials cost$117,900Conversion cost$53,600Cost added during May: Materials cost$613,080Conversion cost$294,700 Required:1. Compute the equivalent units of production for materials and conversion for May.2. Compute the cost per equivalent unit for materials and conversion for May.3. Compute the cost of ending work in process inventory for materials, conversion, and in total for May.4. Compute the cost of units transferred out to the next department for materials, conversion, and in total for May.5. Prepare a cost reconciliation report for May.

Due to historical differences, countries often differ in how quickly a change in actual inflation is incorporated into a change in expected inflation. In a country such as Japan, which has had very little inflation in recent memory, it will take longer for a change in the actual inflation rate to be reflected in a corresponding change in the expected inflation rate. In contrast, in a country such as Zimbabwe, which has recently had very high inflation, a change in the actual inflation rate will immediately be reflected in a corresponding change in the expected inflation rate.

What is the slope of Japan’s short-run Phillips curve?
a. Steep downward slopeb. Flat downward slopec. Steep upward sloped. Flat upward slopee. Verticalf. Horizontal

The Nandina Corporation was formed and began operations on July 1, 2018, and incurred the following expenses during the year: State fees for incorporation $800 Legal and accounting fees incident to organization 1,500 Legal fees for the issuance of stock 600 Temporary directors’ fees 1,000 If the corporation chooses not to expense but rather amortizes organizational costs over 180 months, what is the amount of its amortization expense for 2018?

Blossom Co. leased machinery from Young, Inc. on January 1, 2020. The lease term was for 8 years, with equal annual rental payments of $5,800 at the beginning of each year. In addition, the lease provides an option to purchase the machinery at the end of the lease term for $1,500, which Blossom is reasonably certain it will exercise as it believes the fair value of the machinery will be at least $5,000. The machinery has a useful life of 10 years and a fair value of $43,000. The implicit rate of the lease is not known to Blossom. Blossom’s incremental borrowing rate is 9%. Prepare Blossom’s 2020 journal entries

In 2020, Marigold Corp., issued for $102 per share, 86000 shares of $100 par value convertible preferred stock. One share of preferred stock can be converted into three shares of Marigold's $25 par value common stock at the option of the preferred stockholder. In August 2021, all of the preferred stock was converted into common stock. The market value of the common stock at the date of the conversion was $30 per share. What total amount should be credited to additional paid-in capital from common stock as a result of the conversion of the preferred stock into common stock?

Piedmont Hotels is an all-equity company. Its stock has a beta of .94. The market risk premium is 7.5 percent and the risk-free rate is 3.3 percent. The company is considering a project that it considers riskier than its current operations so it wants to apply an adjustment of 2.5 percent to the project's discount rate. What should the firm set as the required rate of return for the project