Eight years of quarterly data of a seasonally adjusted series are used to estimate an exponential trend model as ln(Tt)ˆ = 2.50 + 0.05t with a standard error of the estimate, se = 0.09. In addition, quarterly seasonal indices are calculated as Sˆ 1 = 0.91, Sˆ 2 = 1.02, Sˆ 3 = 0.93, and Sˆ 4 = 1.04. a-1. Interpret the third quarterly index. In other words, what is the value of the series in the third quarter as compared to the average?

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In mexico, many garment or sewing shops found they could entice many young people to work for them if they offered clean, air conditioned work areas with high-quality locker rooms to clean up in after the work day. typically, traditional garment shops had to offer to get workers to apply for the hard, repetitive, and somewhat dangerous work. a. benchmark competitive wages b. compensating differentials c. monopoly wages d. wages based on human capital development of each employee

Garfield corporation is considering building a new plant in canada. it predicts sales at the new plant to be 50,000 units at $5.00/unit. below is a listing of estimated expenses. category total annual expenses % of annual expense that are fixed materials $50,000 10% labor $90,000 20% overhead $40,000 30% marketing/admin $20,000 50% a canadian firm was contracted to sell the product and will receive a commission of 10% of the sales price. no u. s. home office expenses will be allocated to the new facility. the contribution margin ratio for garfield corporation is