The down and out co. just issued a dividend of $2.01 per share on its common stock. the company is expected to maintain a constant 6 percent growth rate in its dividends indefinitely. if the stock sells for $60 a share, what is the company's cost of equity?

Which of the following mechanisms would be most likely to motivate managers to act in the best interests of shareholders? a) decrease the use of restrictive covenants in bond agreements, b) take actions that reduce the possibility of a hostile takeover, c) elect a board of directors that allows managers greater freedom of action, d) increase the proportion of executive compensation that comes from stock options and reduce the proportion that is paid as cash salaries, e) eliminate a requirement that members of the board directors have a substantial investment in the firm's stocks

Employees of dti, inc. worked 1,600 direct labor hours in january and 1,000 direct labor hours in february. dti expects to use 18,000 direct labor hours during the year, and expects to incur $22,500 of worker’s compensation insurance cost for the year. the cash payment for this cost will be paid in april. how much insurance premium should be allocated to products made in january and february?

Using a cps-sample of 7,440 individuals, you estimate the following regression: = 20.91 - 2.61 x female where female is a binary variable that takes on the value of 1 for females and is 0 otherwise. the standard error on the coefficient on female is 0.25. the 95% confidence interval for the gender wage gap, or the amount that females earn less, is: a) [-3.10, -2.12] b) [18.30, 23.52] c) [-3.02, -2.20] d) [-1.96, -1.64]