Gerald is considering buying a used Ford Focus. From reading car magazines, Gerald knows that half of all Ford Focuses up for sale have mechanical problems (they’re lemons), and the other half run just fine (they’re plums). Gerald is willing to pay $10,000 for a plum, but only $4,000 for a lemon. People who own plums are willing to sell them for any price at or above $8,000, and people own lemons are willing to sell them for any price at or above $2,000.
(A) If everyone knows whether a used car is a lemon or a plum, is Gerald likely to purchase a car?
(B) Now suppose Gerald cannot tell whether a used car is a lemon or a plum. Instead, sellers have private information about the quality of their cars. If half of all used Ford Focuses for sale are lemons and half are all plums, then if Gerald is risk-neutral, what's the most he would be willing to pay for a used Ford Focus?
If Gerald offered to pay the owner of used a Ford Focus this amount, would he be likely to be buying a lemon or a plum?

Ryan terlecki organized a new internet company, capuniverse, inc. the company specializes in baseball-type caps with logos printed on them. ryan, who is never without a cap, believes that his target market is college and high school students. you have been hired to record the transactions occurring in the first two weeks of operations. issued 2,900 shares of $0.01 par value common stock to investors for cash at $29 per share. borrowed $68,000 from the bank to provide additional funding to begin operations; the note is due in two years. paid $1,000 for the current month's rent of a warehouse and another $1,000 for next month's rent. paid $1,440 for a one-year fire insurance policy on the warehouse (recorded as a prepaid expense). purchased furniture and fixtures for the warehouse for $16,000, paying $3,200 cash and the rest on account. the amount is due within 30 days. purchased for $2,800 cash the university of pennsylvania, notre dame, the university of texas at austin, and michigan state university baseball caps as inventory to sell online. placed advertisements on google for a total of $340 cash. sold caps totaling $1,900, half of which was charged on account. the cost of the caps sold was $1,100. (hint: make two entries.) made full payment for the furniture and fixtures purchased on account in (e). received $280 from a customer on account.

Which of the following is a problem for the production of public goods?

In north korea, a farmer’s income is the same as a dentist’s income. in a country with a mixed or market economy, the difference between those two professions might be more than 5 times different. how can you explain the fact that individuals doing the same work in different countries do not earn comparable salaries?