Using the code letters below, indicate in the space provided how each of the following costs should be classified in the indicated manufacturing company: costs: (a) research and development costs incurred by martin, manufacturer of derailleurs, brakes, and other component parts for bicycles in its efforts to develop new products. (b) salaries paid by martin to the plant managers supervising production operations. (c) an inventory of martin group 105 components purchased by earl bicycle corporation for use in the manufacture of earl's model 1200 aluminum bicycle. (d) an inventory of model 1200 bicycle frames manufactured by earl. prior to sale, these frames will be painted and equipped with derailleurs, brakes, and other component parts. (e) salaries paid by earl to its sales personnel. (f) salaries paid by earl to employees who install derailleurs, brakes, and other component parts on the bicycle frames. (g) an inventory of martin group 105 derailleurs awaiting sale to customers.

Suppose that hubert, an economist from an am talk radio program, and kate, an economist from a nonprofit organization on the west coast, are arguing over government bailouts. the following dialogue shows an excerpt from their debate: kate: to recent financial crises, the concept of bailouts is a hot topic for debate among everyone these days. hubert: indeed, it’s gotten crazy! a government bailout of severely distressed financial firms is unnecessary because free markets will properly price assets. kate: i don’t know about that. without a bailout of severely distressed financial firms, the economy will experience a deep recession. the disagreement between these economists is most likely due todifferences in scientific judgments . despite their differences, with which proposition are two economists chosen at random most likely to agree? business managers can raise profit more easily by reducing costs than by raising revenue. central banks should focus more on maintaining low unemployment than on maintaining low inflation. employers should not be restricted from outsourcing work to foreign nations

Any point on a country's production possibilities frontier represents a combination of two goods that an economy:

Using a cps-sample of 7,440 individuals, you estimate the following regression: = 20.91 - 2.61 x female where female is a binary variable that takes on the value of 1 for females and is 0 otherwise. the standard error on the coefficient on female is 0.25. the 95% confidence interval for the gender wage gap, or the amount that females earn less, is: a) [-3.10, -2.12] b) [18.30, 23.52] c) [-3.02, -2.20] d) [-1.96, -1.64]