Trade creation and trade diversion suppose that with free trade, the cost to the united states of importing a backpack from mexico is $10.00, and the cost of importing a backpack from china is $9.00. a backpack produced in the united states costs $14.00 suppose urther that before nafta the united states maintained a tariff of60% against all backpack imports. then under nafta, all tariffs between mexico and the united states are removed, while the tariff against imports from china remains in effect. assume that the tariff does not affect the world price of backpacks. in the fallowing table, indicate which country the united states imported backpacks frem beoe nafta. then indicate wich country the united states imported backpacks from under nafta. check a that apply. (note: leave the row blank if the united states doesnt import from ether country.) united states imports from china scenario before nafta under nafta mexico in the fallowing table, indicate whether each stakeholder gains, loses, or neither gains nor loses as a resuit of nafta. gains loses neither gains nor loses consumers in the united states o chinese producers mexican producers this is an example of trade resulting from a regional agreement.

Question 1 which of the following tasks use your roommate as a resource? choose all answers which apply. take order wash the mixer’s bowl and mix the dough spoon cookies onto the tray unload the cookies from the oven pack the cookies 1 points question 2 which of the following tasks use the tray(s) as a resource? choose all answers which apply. take order wash the mixer’s bowl and mix the dough bake the cookies cool the cookies accept payment 1 points question 3 determine the task time for the following tasks. fill integer numbers into the blank (e. g., 5 rather than 5.0) wash and mixing the dough: minute(s)/order spoon cookies onto the tray: minute(s)/order set up timer: minute(s)/order bake: minute(s)/order cool the cookies: minute(s)/order pack the cookies: minute(s)/order accept payment: minute(s)/order 2 points question 4 q4: determine the cycle time for the following resources. fill integer numbers into the blank (e. g., 5 rather than 5.0) kristen (you): minute(s) roommate: minute(s) oven: minute(s) 2 points question 5 what is the capacity rate (in orders/hour) of the roommate? 1 points question 6 what is the capacity rate (in orders/hour) of the whole process? 2 points question 7 how long (in minutes) it takes to process the first order?

The total value of your portfolio is $10,000: $3,000 of it is invested in stock a and the remainder invested in stock b. stock a has a beta of 0.8; stock b has a beta of 1.2. the risk premium on the market portfolio is 8%; the risk-free rate is 2%. additional information on stocks a and b is provided below. return in each state state probability of state stock a stock b excellent 15% 15% 5% normal 50% 9% 7% poor 35% -15% 10% what are each stock’s expected return and the standard deviation? what are the expected return and the standard deviation of your portfolio? what is the beta of your portfolio? using capm, what is the expected return on the portfolio? given your answer above, would you buy, sell, or hold the portfolio?

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