Aperfectly competitive firm
a. chooses its price to maximize profits.
b. sets its price to undercut other firms selling similar products.
c. takes its price as given by market conditions.
d. picks the price that yields the largest market share.

What do economists mean when they use the latin expression ceteris paribus?

Guardian inc. is trying to develop an asset-financing plan. the firm has $450,000 in temporary current assets and $350,000 in permanent current assets. guardian also has $550,000 in fixed assets. assume a tax rate of 40 percent. a. construct two alternative financing plans for guardian. one of the plans should be conservative, with 70 percent of assets financed by long-term sources, and the other should be aggressive, with only 56.25 percent of assets financed by long-term sources. the current interest rate is 12 percent on long-term funds and 7 percent on short-term financing. compute the annual interest payments under each plan.

The questions of economics address which of the following ? check all that apply