The designer company issued 10-year bonds on january 1. the 6% bonds have a face value of $800,000 and pay interest every january 1 and july 1. the bonds were sold for $690,960 based on the market interest rate of 8%. designer uses the effective-interest method to amortize bond discounts and premiums. on july 1, designer should record interest expense (round to the nearest dollar) of

a) $27,638

b) $24,000

c) $48,000

d) $55,277

Which basic economic questions deals with the issue of how the incomeof people in various occupations is determined

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.

Which value describes the desire to be one’s own boss? a. autonomy b. status c. security d. entrepreneurship