Transactions that affected Barter Company’s stockholders’ equity during 2015, the first year of operations, follow. (a) Issued 50,000 shares of $3 par common stock at $33.
(b) Purchased 6,000 shares of its own common stock at $35.
(c) Reissued 1,000 shares of treasury stock at $37. Dividends of $15,000 were paid in 2015, and net income for 2015 was $185,000.
What is total stockholders’ equity at the end of $2015?
a) $1,662,000
b) None of these
c) $1,820,000
d) $1,477,000
e) $1,645,000

You are at a holiday dinner with your family. your relative makes the argument that the u. s. economy is resurgent and has recovered from the great recession of 2007 – 2009. economic growth, as measured by gdp, has been increasing from one quarter to the next. you beg to differ. how would you structure your argument with your relative? hint: you should think about two things, the accuracy of gdp measures, and whether gdp should be considered a comprehensive measure of a countries well-being.

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.

What additional information about the numbers used to compute this ratio might be useful in you assess liquidity? (select all that apply) (a) the maturity schedule of current liabilities (b) the average stock price for the industry (c) the average current ratio for the industry (d) the amount of current assets that is concentrated in relatively illiquid inventories