The federal government is required to build a border fence along the u. s. and mexican border. as construction began, several environmental groups brought suit because the army corps of engineers and the department of homeland security had not complied with federal law. which of the following federal laws would the two agencies have to comply with before constructing the wall?

a. they would need to do due diligence on the land before building the fence.
b. they would need to do an eis.
c. they would need to designate any area where the fence is located as a brownfield.
d. both b and c

How does your household gain from specialization and comparative advantage? (what is produced, what is not produced yet paid to a specialist to produce? )

Suppose rebecca needs a dog sitter so that she can travel to her sister’s wedding. rebecca values dog sitting for the weekend at $200. susan is willing to dog sit for rebecca so long as she receives at least $175. rebecca and susan agree on a price of $185. suppose the government imposes a tax of $30 on dog sitting. the tax has made rebecca and susan worse off by a total of

P8-4b dropping unfavorable division based on the following analysis of last year's operations of groves, inc., a financial vice president of the company believes that the firm's total net income could be increased by $160,000 if its design division were discontinued. (amounts are given in the thousands of dollars.) required provide answers for each of the following independent situations: a. assuming that total fixed costs and expenses would not be affected by discontinuing the design division, prepare an analysis showing why you agree or disagree with the vice president. b. assume that the discontinuance of the design division will enable the company to avoid 30% of the fixed portion of cost of services and 40% of the fixed operating expenses allocated to the design division. calculate the resulting effect on net income. c. assume that in addition to the cost avoidance in requirement (b), the capacity released by discontinuance of the design division can be used to provide 6,000 new services that would have a variable cost per service of $60 and would require additional fixed costs totaling $68,000. at what unit price must the new service be sold if groves is to increase its total net income by $180,000?