Nova products has a 44-year maximum acceptable payback period. the firm is considering the purchase of a new machine and must choose between two alternatives.
the first machine requires an initial investment of $26 comma 00026,000 and generates annual after-tax cash inflows of $6 comma 0006,000 for each of the next 1010 years.
the second machine requires an initial investment of $29 comma 00029,000 and provides an annual cash inflow after taxes of $8 comma 0008,000 for 2828 years.

a. determine the payback period for each machine.

b. comment on the acceptability of the machines, assuming that they are independent projects.

c. which machine should the firm accept? why?

d. do the machines in this problem illustrate any of the weaknesses of using payback?

Consider a two-firm industry. firm 1 (the incumbent) chooses a level of output q1. firm 2 (the potential entrant) observes q1 and then chooses its level of output q2. the demand for the product is p = 100 - q, where q is the total output sold by the two firms which equals q1 +q2. assume that the marginal cost of each firm is zero. a) find the subgame perfect equilibrium levels of q1 and q2 keeping in mind that firm 1 chooses q1 first and firm 2 observes q1 and chooses its q2. find the profits of the two firms-? 1 and ? 2- in the subgame perfect equilibrium. how do these numbers differ from the cournot equilibrium? b) for what level of q1 would firm 2 be deterred from entering? would a rational firm 1 have an incentive to choose this level of q1? which entry condition does this market have: blockaded, deterred, or accommodated? now suppose that firm 2 has to incur a fixed cost of entry, f > 0. c) for what values of f will entry be blockaded? d) find out the entry deterring level of q1, denoted by q1b, as a function of f. next, derive the expression for firm 1

When sending a claim to an insurance company for services provided by the physician, why are both icd-10 and cpt codes required to be submitted? how are these codes dependent upon each other? what would be the result of not submitting both codes on a medical claim to an insurance company?

There are three factors that can affect the shape of the treasury yield curve (r* t , ip t , and mrp t ) and five factors that can affect the shape of the corporate yield curve (r* t , ip t , mrp t , drp t , and lp t ). the yield curve reflects the aggregation of the impacts from these factors. suppose the real risk-free rate and inflation rate are expected to remain at their current levels throughout the foreseeable future. consider all factors that affect the yield curve. then identify which of the following shapes that the us treasury yield curve can take. check all that apply.a. downward-sloping yield curveb. upward-sloping yield curvec. inverted yield curve