The Solar Calculator Company proposes to invest $5 million in a new calculator-making plant that will depreciate on a straight-line basis. Fixed costs are $2 million per year. A calculator costs $5 per unit to manufacture and sells for $20 per unit. If the plant lasts for three years and the cost of capital is 12 percent, what is the accounting break-even level of annual sales

Suppose the marginal damage and marginal benefit curves in a polluted neighborhood are md = p/3 and mb = 4 – p. also, suppose that transactions costs are low, so that the consumers and the firm can bargain. we saw that in this case, the socially-optimal level of pollution is achieved. start by computing the socially-optimal p. then, for each of the following cases, compute the amount of money transferred through the bargaining process, and indicate who pays whom (i.e., whether consumers pay the firm, or vice versa). also, compute the gains to each party relative to the status quo (i.e., the starting point of the bargaining process).a)consumers have the right to clean air; firm is dominant in the bargaining process.b)consumers have the right to clean air; consumers are dominant in the bargaining process.c)firm has the right to pollute; firm is dominant in the bargaining process.d)firm has the right to pollute; consumers are dominant in the bargaining proces

Experts are particularly concerned about four strategic metal resources that are important for the u.s. economy and military strength, and that must be imported. what percentage does the u.s. import? *

How an absolute advantage might affect a country's imports and exports?