Herbert, Inc., acquired all of Rambis Company’s outstanding stock on January 1, 2017, for $607,000 in cash. Annual excess amortization of $13,200 results from this transaction. On the date of the takeover, Herbert reported retained earnings of $441,000, and Rambis reported a $234,000 balance. Herbert reported internal net income of $60,250 in 2017 and $72,150 in 2018 and declared $10,000 in dividends each year. Rambis reported net income of $21,800 in 2017 and $33,700 in 2018 and declared $5,000 in dividends each year. a. Assume that Herbert’s internal net income figures above do not include any income from the subsidiary. If the parent uses the equity method, what is the amount reported as consolidated retained earnings on December 31, 2018? What would be the amount of consolidated retained earnings on December 31, 2018, if the parent had applied either the initial value or partial equity method for internal accounting purposes? b. Under each of the following situations, what is the Investment in Rambis account balance on Herbert’s books on January 1, 2018? The parent uses the equity method. The parent uses the partial equity method. The parent uses the initial value method. c. Under each of the following situations, what is Entry *C on a 2018 consolidation worksheet? The parent uses the equity method. The parent uses the partial equity method. The parent uses the initial value method.

Ajustification for job training programs is that they improve worker productivity. suppose that you are asked to evaluate whether more job training makes workers more productive. however, rather than having data on individual workers, you have access to data on manufacturing firms in ohio. in particu- lar, for each firm, you have information on hours of job training per worker (training) and number of nondefective items produced per worker hour (output). (i) carefully state the ceteris paribus thought experiment underlying this policy question. (ii) does it seem likely that a firm’s decision to train its workers will be independent of worker characteristics? what are some of those measurable and unmeasurable worker characteristics? (iii) name a factor other than worker characteristics that can affect worker productivity. (iv) if you find a positive correlation between output and training, would you have convincingly established that job training makes workers more productive? explain.

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