Strafford Inc. elected to use the nature of distribution approach for distributions from its equity-method investment purchased at the beginning of 20X1. In the statement of cash flows, Strafford should classify dividends received from its investment: a. as operating activity.
b. as investing activity.
c. based on the nature of the earnings generated by the investee company.
d. as part operating activity and part investing activity.

What does the consumer price index measure? a. the change in prices of all goods and services over time b. the change in prices of specific goods and services over time c. the change in prices of final goods and services over time

Ajustification for job training programs is that they improve worker productivity. suppose that you are asked to evaluate whether more job training makes workers more productive. however, rather than having data on individual workers, you have access to data on manufacturing firms in ohio. in particu- lar, for each firm, you have information on hours of job training per worker (training) and number of nondefective items produced per worker hour (output). (i) carefully state the ceteris paribus thought experiment underlying this policy question. (ii) does it seem likely that a firm’s decision to train its workers will be independent of worker characteristics? what are some of those measurable and unmeasurable worker characteristics? (iii) name a factor other than worker characteristics that can affect worker productivity. (iv) if you find a positive correlation between output and training, would you have convincingly established that job training makes workers more productive? explain.

Use this image to answer the following question. when the economy is operating at point b, the us congress is most likely to follow