Marginal cost-benefit analysis and the goal of the firm ken allen, capital budgeting analyst for bally gears, inc., has been asked to evaluate a proposal. the manager of the automotive division believes that replacing the robotics used on the heavy truck gear line will produce total benefits of $507 comma 000 (in today's dollars) over the next 5 years. the existing robotics would produce benefits of $376 comma 000 (also in today's dollars) over that same time period. an initial cash investment of $ 202 comma 800 would be required to install the new equipment. the manager estimates that the existing robotics can be sold for $ 63 comma 000. show how ken will apply marginal cost-benefit analysis techniques to determine the following: a. the marginal benefits of the proposed new robotics. b. the marginal cost of the proposed new robotics. c. the net benefit of the proposed new robotics. d. what should ken recommend that the company do? why? e. what factors besides the costs and benefits should be considered before the final decision is made?

Required information [the following information applies to the questions displayed below.] the following data is provided for garcon company and pepper company. garcon company pepper company beginning finished goods inventory $ 13,800 $ 18,850 beginning work in process inventory 16,700 20,700 beginning raw materials inventory 8,800 13,500 rental cost on factory equipment 28,250 26,650 direct labor 22,400 37,400 ending finished goods inventory 17,300 14,300 ending work in process inventory 23,200 19,400 ending raw materials inventory 5,900 9,600 factory utilities 11,250 15,000 factory supplies used 10,900 5,700 general and administrative expenses 32,500 44,500 indirect labor 2,500 9,880 repairs—factory equipment 4,820 2,150 raw materials purchases 41,500 63,000 selling expenses 54,800 49,000 sales 238,530 317,510 cash 33,000 23,700 factory equipment, net 222,500 124,825 accounts receivable, net 13,400 23,950 required: 1. complete the table to find the cost of goods manufactured for both garcon company and pepper company for the year ended december 31, 2017. 2. complete the table to calculate the cost of goods sold for both garcon company and pepper company for the year ended december 31, 2017.

Suppose a firm faces a fixed price of output, 푝푝= 1200. the firm hires workers from a union at a daily wage, 푤푤, to produce output according to the production function 푞푞= 2퐸퐸12. there are 225 workers in the union. any union worker who does not work for this firm is guaranteed to find nonunion employment at a wage of $96 per day. a.what is the firm’s labor demand function? b.if the firm is allowed to choose 푤푤, but then the union decides how many workers to provide (up to 225) at that wage, what wage will the firm set? how many workers will the union provide? what is the firm’s output and profit? what is the total income of the 225 union workers? c.now suppose that the union sets the wage, but the firm decides how many workers to hire at that wage (up to 225). what wage will the union set to maximize the total income of all 225 workers? how many workers will the firm hire? what is the firm’s output and profit? what is the total income of the 225 union workers? [hint: to maximize total income of union, take the first order condition with respect to w and set equal to 0.]

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