In the following statements, who is a free rider?

a. andy is reading a book named "mission to mars."
b. the u. s. government has announced a 21 percent defense spending increase.
c. nick buys groceries from safeway because it's closer to his home.
d. ted does not pay taxes but uses roads and highways.

Refer to the payoff matrix. suppose that speedy bike and power bike are the only two bicycle manufacturing firms serving the market. both can choose large or small advertising budgets. is there a nash equilibrium solution to this game?

Suppose the following items were taken from the 2017 financial statements of whispering winds corp.. (all dollars are in millions.) common stock $3,230 accumulated depreciation—equipment $3,940 prepaid rent 175 accounts payable 1,560 equipment 6,940 patents 2,270 stock investments (long-term) 670 notes payable (long-term) 780 debt investments (short-term) 1,740 retained earnings 6,175 income taxes payable 150 accounts receivable 1,740 cash 1,290 inventory 1,010 prepare a classified balance sheet in good form as of december 31, 2017. (list current assets in order of liquidity.)

What effect, considered related to the secondary effect of advertisement, occurs as an advertisement begins to lose its impact when it gets old? the makes the advertisement lose its impact after it gets old.