An economic analysis of a proposal to impose a on steel into the united states indicated that the quota would save 3,700 jobs in the steel industry but cost about 35,000 jobs in other u. s. industries. a quota on steel imports would cause employment to fall in other industries because what happens to the costs of producing goods that use steel? source: study cited in douglas a. irwin, free trade under fire, princeton, nj: princeton university press, 2002, p. 82. the quota ▼ raises lowers the costs of producing goods that use steel.

Torino company has 1,300 shares of $50 par value, 6.0% cumulative and nonparticipating preferred stock and 13,000 shares of $10 par value common stock outstanding. the company paid total cash dividends of $3,500 in its first year of operation. the cash dividend that must be paid to preferred stockholders in the second year before any dividend is paid to common stockholders is:

Consider the local telephone company, a natural monopoly. the following graph shows the monthly demand curve for phone services and the company’s marginal revenue (mr), marginal cost (mc), and average total cost (atc) curves. 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 price (dollars per subscription) quantity (thousands of subscriptions) d mr mc atc 8, 60 suppose that the government has decided not to regulate this industry, and the firm is free to maximize profits, without constraints. complete the first row of the following table. pricing mechanism short run long-run decision quantity price profit (subscriptions) (dollars per subscription) profit maximization marginal-cost pricing average-cost pricing suppose that the government forces the monopolist to set the price equal to marginal cost. complete the second row of the previous table. suppose that the government forces the monopolist to set the price equal to average total cost. complete the third row of the previous table. under average-cost pricing, the government will raise the price of output whenever a firm’s costs increase, and lower the price whenever a firm’s costs decrease. over time, under the average-cost pricing policy, what will the local telephone company most likely do

Vincent is interested in increasing his earning potential upon completing his internship at a major accounting firm. which option can immediately boost his career in the intended direction? b. complete a certification from a professional organization c. complete a new four-year undergraduate program in a related field d. complete a two-year associate degree in a related field e. complete an online course in accounting