Consider the two (excess return) index model regression results for A and B:
RA = –1.1% + 1.7RM
R-square = 0.682
Residual standard deviation = 14%
RB = 0.4% + 1.4RM
R-square = 0.576
Residual standard deviation = 12.5%
a. Which stock has more firm-specific risk?
Stock A
Stock B
b. Which stock has greater market risk?
Stock A
Stock B
c. For which stock does market movement has a greater fraction of return variability?
Stock A
Stock B
d. If rf were constant at 8% and the regression had been run using total rather than excess returns, what would have been the regression intercept for stock A? (Negative value should be indicated by a minus sign.

Complete the sentences. upper a decrease in current income taxes the supply of loanable funds today because it a. decreases; increases disposable income, which decreases saving b. has no effect on; doesn't change expected future disposable income c. decreases; decreases expected future disposable income d. increases; increases disposable income, which encourages greater saving upper a decrease in expected future income a. increases the supply of loanable funds today because households with smaller expected future income will save more today b. has no effect on the supply of loanable funds c. decreases the supply of loanable funds because it decreases wealth d. decreases the supply of loanable funds today because households with smaller expected future income will save less today

Assume that the following conditions exist: a. all banks are fully loaned up- there are no excess reserves, and desired excess reserves are always zero. b. the money multiplier is 5 .     c. the planned investment schedule is such that at a 4 percent rate of interest, investment =$1450 billion. at 5 percent, investment is $1420 billion. d. the investment multiplier is 3 . e.. the initial equilibrium level of real gdp is $12 trillion. f. the equilibrium rate of interest is 4 percent now the fed engages in contractionary monetary policy. it sells $1 billion worth of bonds, which reduces the money supply, which in turn raises the market rate of interest by 1 percentage point. calculate the decrease in money supply after fed's sale of bonds: $nothing billion.

How has internet access changed and affected globalization from 2003 to 2013? a ten percent increase in internet access has had little effect on globalization. a twenty percent decrease in internet access has had little effect on globalization. a thirty percent increase in internet access has sped up globalization. a fifty percent decrease in internet access has slowed down globalization.