Property rights are a. the rights government has to the exclusive use of all property, including the right to buy or sell it. b. the rights individuals or firms have to the exclusive use of their property, including the right to buy or sell it. c. the rights individuals or firms have to the exclusive use of their property, excluding the right to buy or sell it. d. the rights individuals or firms have to the exclusive use of their property within individual culturally defined norms which are inconsistent in each area of the united states.

The following selected amounts are reported on the year-end unadjusted trial balance report for a company that uses the percent of sales method to determine its bad debts expense. accounts receivable $ 435,000 debit allowance for doubtful accounts 1,250 debit net sales 2,100,000 credit all sales are made on credit. based on past experience, the company estimates 1.0% of credit sales to be uncollectible. what adjusting entry should the company make at the end of the current year to record its estimated bad debts expense

Consider the local telephone company, a natural monopoly. the following graph shows the monthly demand curve for phone services and the company’s marginal revenue (mr), marginal cost (mc), and average total cost (atc) curves. 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 price (dollars per subscription) quantity (thousands of subscriptions) d mr mc atc 8, 60 suppose that the government has decided not to regulate this industry, and the firm is free to maximize profits, without constraints. complete the first row of the following table. pricing mechanism short run long-run decision quantity price profit (subscriptions) (dollars per subscription) profit maximization marginal-cost pricing average-cost pricing suppose that the government forces the monopolist to set the price equal to marginal cost. complete the second row of the previous table. suppose that the government forces the monopolist to set the price equal to average total cost. complete the third row of the previous table. under average-cost pricing, the government will raise the price of output whenever a firm’s costs increase, and lower the price whenever a firm’s costs decrease. over time, under the average-cost pricing policy, what will the local telephone company most likely do

Question 55 ted, a supervisor for jack's pool supplies, was accused of stealing pool supplies and selling them to friends and relatives at reduced prices. given ted's earlier track record, he was not fired immediately. the authorities decided to give him an administrative leave, without pay, until the investigation was complete. in view of the given information, it would be most appropriate to say that ted was: demoted. discharged. suspended. dismissed.