Ruth lewis has adjusted gross income of $100,000 for 2019 and itemizes her deductions. on september 1, 2019, she made a contribution to a private nonoperating foundation (not a 50% charity) of stock held for investment for 2 years that cost $25,000 and had a fair market value of $70,000. the foundation sold the stock for $70,000 on the same date. assume that lewis made no other contributions during 2019. how much should lewis claim as a charitable contribution deduction for 2019?

Recently, verizon wireless ran a pricing trial in order to estimate the elasticity of demand for its services. the manager selected three states that were representative of its entire service area and increased prices by 5 percent to customers in those areas. one week later, the number of customers enrolled in verizon's cellular plans declined 4 percent in those states, while enrollments in states where prices were not increased remained flat. the manager used this information to estimate the own-price elasticity of demand and, based on her findings, immediately increased prices in all market areas by 5 percent in an attempt to boost the company's 2016 annual revenues. one year later, the manager was perplexed because verizon's 2016 annual revenues were 10 percent lower than those in 2015"the price increase apparently led to a reduction in the company's revenues. did the manager make an error? yes - the one-week measures show demand is inelastic, so a price increase will decrease revenues. yes - the one-week measures show demand is elastic, so a price increase will reduce revenues. yes - cell phone elasticity is likely much larger in the long-run than the short-run. no - the cell phone market must have changed between 2011 and 2012 for this price increase to lower revenues.

8. problems and applications q8there are four consumers willing to pay the following amounts for haircuts, and there are four haircutting businesses with the following costs: consumers' willingness to payyvette: $35cho: $15sean: $45bob: $25firms' costsfirm a: $40firm b: $20firm c: $10firm d: $30each firm has the capacity to produce only one haircut. for should be given. which businesses should cut hair? check all that apply. firm afirm bfirm cfirm dwhich consumers should have their hair cut? check all that apply. bobchoseanyvettethe maximum possible total surplus is

Amanufacturing firm is considering overhauling the existing compensation strategy. currently every front line employee who works on the assembly line earns the same hourly wage. ideally, management would like to institute a new pay system that involves pay-for-performance. which of the following recommendations is both consistent with scientific management's general emphases and generally good advice for management of this firma. the firm should adopt a differential pay system with one pay level for average performance, and a higher level for good performance. b. the firm should adopt a differential pay system, but the firm should modify it from its original design and provide many different levels of pay associated with different performance levels. c. the firm should understand worker psychology and to focus on pay as the key motivator. d. all of the abovee. none of the above