Children under age 2 are now allowed to fly free on u. s. airlines; they usually sit in their parents’ laps. some safety advocates have urged that they be required to be strapped in infant seats, which would mean their parents would have to purchase tickets for them. some economists have argued that such a measure would actually increase infant fatalities. can you say why?

Wisconsin snowmobile corp. is considering a switch to level production. cost efficiencies would occur under level production, and after tax costs would decline by $36,000, but inventory would increase by $300,000. wisconsin snowmobile would have to finance the extra inventory at a cost of 13.5 percent.a. determine the extra cost or savings of switching over to level production. should the company go ahead and switch to level production? b how low would interest rates need to fall before level production would be feasible?