A firm can produce steel with or without a filter on its smokestack. If it produces without a filter, the external costs on the community are $ 500,000 per year. If it produces with a filter, there are no external costs on the community, and the firm will incur an annual fixed cost of $ 300,000 for the filter. Use the Coase Theorem to answer how costless bargaining will lead to a socially efficient outcome, if the property rights are owned by the community. A. the community will have an incentive to pay the firm some price above $ 300,000 (perhaps $ 499,999) to induce the firm to install the filter. B. The firm would install the filter at a cost of $ 300,000. C. the socially efficient outcome is for the firm to not install the filter

Herman is covered by a cafeteria plan by his employer. his adjusted gross income (agi) is $100,000. he paid unreimbursed medical premiums in the amount of $10,500 and he itemizes deductions. what amount will herman be able to deduct for his medical insurance premium expenses?

Richardson hired j.c. flood company, a plumbing contractor, to correct a stoppage in the sewer line of her house. the plumbing company's 'snake' device, used to clear the line leading to the main sewer, became caught in the underground line. to release it, the company excavated a portion of the sewer line in richardson's backyard. in the process, the company discovered numerous leaks in a rusty, defective water pipe that ran parallel with the sewer line. to meet public regulations, the water pipe, of a type no longer approved for such service, had to be replaced either then or later, when the yard would have to be excavated again. the plumbing company proceeded to repair the water pipe. though richardson inspected the company's work daily and did not express any objection to the extra work involved in replacing the water pipe, she refused to pay any part of the total bill after the company completed the entire operation. j.c. flood company then sued richardson for the costs of labor and material it had furnished. (c) for what, if anything, should richardson be liable? explain."

Consider two similar industries, portal crane manufacturing (pcm) and forklift manufacturing (flm). the pcm industry has exactly three incumbents with annual sales of $800 million, $200 million and $100 million, respectively. the flm industry has also exactly three incumbents, with annual sales of $500 million, $450 million and $400 million, respectively. which industry is more likely to experience a higher level of rivalry?