The edict on maximum prices, established by the roman emperor diocletian, created price ceilings on various jobs and goods in a failed effort to curb inflation. for example, legal pay for a farm laborer could be no more than 10.8¢ a day (payment set in modern currency). if the market rate of farm labor was 12¢ a day, which would be a plausible consequence of this law? select one:
a. an increase in unemployment for farm hands
b. nothing unusual
c. farms would produce more food than they otherwise would
d. a laborer would work less hard than he otherwise would

10. which of the following is true regarding preretirement inflation? a. defined-benefit plans provide more inflation protection than defined-contribution plans. b. because of preretirement inflation, possible investment-related growth is increased for defined-contribution plans. c. all types of benefits are designed to cope with preretirement inflation. d. preretirement inflation is generally reflected in the increase in an employee's compensation level over a working career.

Differentiate between the trait, behavioral, and results-based performance appraisal systems, providing an example where each would be most applicable.

Haley photocopying purchases a paper from an out-of-state vendor. average weekly demand for paper is 150 cartons per week for which haley pays $15 per carton. in bound shipments from the vendor average 1000 cartoons with an average lead time of 3 weeks. haley operates 52 weeks per year; it carries a 4-week supply of inventory as safety stock and no anticipation inventory. the vendor has recently announced that they will be building a faculty near haley photocopying that will reduce lead time to one week. further, they will be able to reduce shipments to 200 cartons. haley believes that they will be able to reduce safety stock to a 1-week supply. what impact will these changes make to haley’s average inventory level and its average aggregated inventory value?