Terrorism creates an economic risk for firms, which: a. reduces the amount of investment foreign companies will make in a country perceived to be terror prone. b. is absorbed by firms that are highly geographically diversified and that operate in both secure and insecure locations. c. is offset by the above-average returns for firms that have learned how to operate in such an environment. d. is created by governmental bans on doing business with terrorist regimes.

What is an example of a flame? a. a five out of five-star review for great food on a restaurant blog. b. an article featuring a hotel that is known for superb customer service c. an apartment community getting poor maintenance reviews d. high website traffic to a company's website

8. agreement and disagreement among economists suppose that bob, an economist from a university in arizona, and cho, an economist from a public television program, are arguing over saving incentives. the following dialogue shows an excerpt from their debate: cho: i think it's safe to say that, in general, the savings rate of households in today's economy is much lower than it really needs to be to sustain an improvement in living standards. bob: i think a switch from the income tax to a consumption tax would bring growth in living standards. cho: you really think households would change their saving behavior enough in response to this to make a difference? because i don't. the disagreement between these economists is most likely due to . despite their differences, with which proposition are two economists chosen at random most likely to agree? rent ceilings reduce the quantity and quality of available housing. immigrants receive more in government benefits than they contribute in taxes. having a single income tax rate would improve economic performance.

Amanda rice has just arranged to purchase a $640,000 vacation home in the bahamas with a 20 percent down payment. the mortgage has a 7 percent apr compounded monthly and calls for equal monthly payments over the next 30 years. her first payment will be due one month from now. however, the mortgage has an eight-year balloon payment, meaning that the balance of the loan must be paid off at the end of year 8. there were no other transaction costs or finance charges. how much will amanda’s balloon payment be in eight years