In an oligopoly, producers' agreements to restrict output tend to be unstable because each firm has an incentive to rev: a. produce more than its output quota. b. lower both its price and its output. c. raise its price above the cooperative price. d. establish competitive price and output levels.

On january 1, 2017, pharoah company issued 10-year, $2,020,000 face value, 6% bonds, at par. each $1,000 bond is convertible into 16 shares of pharoah common stock. pharoah’s net income in 2017 was $317,000, and its tax rate was 40%. the company had 97,000 shares of common stock outstanding throughout 2017. none of the bonds were converted in 2017. (a) compute diluted earnings per share for 2017. (round answer to 2 decimal places, e. g. $2.55.) diluted earnings per share

Wisconsin snowmobile corp. is considering a switch to level production. cost efficiencies would occur under level production, and after tax costs would decline by $36,000, but inventory would increase by $300,000. wisconsin snowmobile would have to finance the extra inventory at a cost of 13.5 percent. a. determine the extra cost or savings of switching over to level production. should the company go ahead and switch to level production? b how low would interest rates need to fall before level production would be feasible?

Suppose that georgiania was a thriving empire in its golden age. business was booming and it was the center of international trade under the leadership of emperor raphael iii. his empire's pride and joy was the trading of green and black tea, and he decreed that their entire economy should be built around it. however, in the mid 1800s, georgiania experienced a severe economic downturn when the other nations of the world created an embargo on tea from georgiania, which led to civil strife due to thousands of workers being laid off. a downward fluctuation in the economy like this is known as a )the correct term is a key component )