Carlos consumes only two goods, apples and bananas. His utility function is U(x, y) = a^3b^2. Before trade, his initial endowment is wa apples and wb bananas. After he trades to his optimal consumption point at these prices, the relative prices change. Carlos is allowed to make further trades if he wishes. a. Carlos will definitely be better off after the price change.
b. Carlos will be better off if the price of the good he was selling goes up and worse off if the price of the good he was selling goes down.
c. Carlos will be better off if the price of the good he was selling goes down and worse off if the price of the good he was selling goes up.
d. Carlos’s utility will not be affected by the change.

In a macroeconomic context, what are implicit liabilities? money owed to people possessing government issued bonds. the amount of money that firms collectively owe to shareholders. money that the government has promised to pay in the future. payments that the federal government undertakes only during periods of recession. which of the choices is a significant implicit liability in the united states? military spending education spending national science foundation spending social security

Randall's, inc. has 20,000 shares of stock outstanding with a par value of $1.00 per share. the market value is $12 per share. the balance sheet shows $42,000 in the capital in excess of par account, $20,000 in the common stock account, and $50,500 in the retained earnings account. the firm just announced a 5 percent (small) stock dividend. what will the balance in the retained earnings account be after the dividend?

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?