Use the following scenario to answer the following questions: Suppose that Canada, an industrialized nation, and Mexico, a developing nation, both produce clothes and cars. The real wage in Mexico is lower than in Canada. The countries have a free trade agreement. Each nation will find a comparative advantage. A society could achieve a higher level of productivity if:

a. each person in the society is a jack-of-all-trades.
b. it takes advantage of each individual's comparative advantage.
c. it does not trade with other nations.
d. it does not tax imported goods.
e. it does not limit exports.

12. nelson corporation, which has only one product, has provided the following data concerning its most recent month of operations: selling price $ 115 units in beginning inventory 380 units produced 5,900 units sold 6,070 units in ending inventory 210 variable costs per unit: direct materials $ 46 direct labor $ 27 variable manufacturing overhead $ 3 variable selling and administrative $ 12 fixed costs: fixed manufacturing overhead $ 112,100 fixed selling and administrative $ 36,420 the company produces the same number of units every month, although the sales in units vary from month to month. the company's variable costs per unit and total fixed costs have been constant from month to month. a. prepare a contribution format income statement for the month using variable costing. unit product cost under variable costing direct materials direct labor variable manufacturing overhead variable costing unit product cost (formula)

Alandowner entered into a written agreement with a real estate broker whereby the broker would receive a commission of 10% of the sale price if he procured a "ready, willing, and able buyer" for the landowner's property and if the sale actually proceeded through closing. the broker found a buyer who agreed in writing to buy the property from the landowner for $100,000, the landowner's asking price. the buyer put up $6,000 as a down payment. the agreement between the landowner and the buyer contained a liquidated damages clause providing that, if the buyer defaulted by failing to tender the balance due of $94,000 at the closing date, damages would be 10% of the purchase price. the landowner included that clause because she was counting on using the proceeds of the sale for a business venture that would likely net her at least $10,000. the buyer became seriously ill and defaulted. when he recovered, he demanded that the landowner return his $6,000, and the landowner refused. the broker also demanded the $6,000 from the landowner and was refused. the broker and the buyer filed separate suits against the landowner, with the buyer pleading impossibility of performance. the two cases are consolidated into a single case. how should the court rule as to the disposition of the $6,000?

Stocks a, b, and c are similar in some respects: each has an expected return of 10% and a standard deviation of 25%. stocks a and b have returns that are independent of one another; i. e., their correlation coefficient, r, equals zero. stocks a and c have returns that are negatively correlated with one another; i. e., r is less than 0. portfolio ab is a portfolio with half of its money invested in stock a and half in stock b. portfolio ac is a portfolio with half of its money invested in stock a and half invested in stock c. which of the following statements is correct? a. portfolio ab has a standard deviation that is greater than 25%.b. portfolio ac has an expected return that is less than 10%.c. portfolio ac has a standard deviation that is less than 25%.d. portfolio ab has a standard deviation that is equal to 25%.e. portfolio ac has an expected return that is greater than 25%.