Are policymakers susceptible to rent-seeking behavior? explain. rent-seeking behavior

a. may succeed when policymakers are not subject to regulatory capture.

b. does not succeed because government failure may reduce economic efficiency.

c. may succeed when many voters are rationally ignorant.

d. does not succeed because policymakers are not allowed to accept campaign contributions from firms seeking special interest legislation.

e. may succeed when logrolling is not permissable.

Costco wholesale corporation operates membership warehouses selling food, appliances, consumer electronics, apparel and other household goods at 471 locations across the u. s. as well as in canada, mexico and puerto rico. as of its fiscal year-end 2005, costco had approximately 21.2 million members. selected fiscal-year information from the company's balance sheets follows. ($ millions). selected balance sheet data 2005 2004 merchandise inventories $4,015 $3,644 deferred membership income (liability) 501 454 (a) during fiscal 2005, costco collected $1,120 cash for membership fees. use the financial statement effectstemplate to record the cash collected for membership fees. (b) in 2005, costco recorded $46,347 million in merchandise costs (that is, cost of goods sold). record thistransaction in the financial statement effects template. (c) determine the value of merchandise that costco purchased during fiscal-year 2005. use the financial statementeffects template to record these merchandise purchases. assume all of costco's purchases are on credit.

Vortex company operates a retail store with two departments. information about those departments follows. department a department b sales $ 800,000 $ 450,000 cost of goods sold 497,000 291,000 direct expenses salaries 125,000 88,000 insurance 20,000 10,000 utilities 24,000 14,000 depreciation 21,000 12,000 maintenance 7,000 5,000 the company also incurred the following indirect costs. salaries $36,000 insurance 6,000 depreciation 15,000 office expenses 50,000 indirect costs are allocated as follows: salaries on the basis of sales; insurance and depreciation on the basis of square footage; and office expenses on the basis of number of employees. additional information about the departments follows. department square footage number of employees a 28,000 75 b 12,000 50 required: 1. determine the departmental contribution to overhead and the departmental net income for department a and department b.

Marque a alternativa que apresenta somente as opções de financiamento com recursos internos: a) lucros, venda de ativos e recursos próprios. b) lucros, venda de ativos e redução no capital de giro. c) lucros, venda de ativos e recursos de familiares. d) lucros, venda de ativos e prorrogação nos prazos para receber os pagamentos dos clientes. e) lucros, venda de ativos e aumento do estoque de mercadorias.