Farmer owens has an apple orchard that must be pollinated by bees in order to bear fruit. farmer owens's neighbor, maude, owns beehives with bees that can pollinate the apple trees. suppose the benefit of the bees to farmer owens is $5,000 per year. suppose the bees provide no benefit to maude but she must pay $3,000 per year to maintain the hives. if farmer owens and maude engage in coasebargaining, what would likely result?

a. farmer owens would pay maude between $3,000 and $5,000 to maintain the hives.

b. maude would pay farmer owens between $3,000 and $5,000 to maintain the hives.

c. farmer owens would pay maude between $0 and $5,000 to maintain the hives.

d. farmer owens would pay maude at least $5,000 to maintain the hives.

e. farmer owens would not be willing to pay maude an amount such that she would maintain the hives.

Acompany that makes shopping carts for supermarkets and other stores recently purchased some new equipment that reduces the labor content of the jobs needed to produce the shopping carts. prior to buying the new equipment, the company used 6 workers, who produced an average of 79 carts per hour. workers receive $16 per hour, and machine coast was $49 per hour. with the new equipment, it was possible to transfer one of the workers to another department, and equipment cost increased by $11 per hour while output increased by four carts per hour. a) compute the multifactor productivity (mfp) (labor plus equipment) under the prior to buying the new equipment. the mfp (carts/$) = (round to 4 decimal places). b) compute the productivity changes between the prior to and after buying the new equipment. the productivity growth = % (round to 2 decimal places)

Compare the sources of consumer credit(there's not just one answer)1. consumers use a prearranged loan using special checks2. consumers use cards with no interest and non -revolving balances3. consumers pay off debt and credit is automatically renewed4. consumers take out a loan with a repayment date and have a specific purposea. travel and entertainment creditb. revolving check creditc. closed-end creditd. revolving credit

Alarge university wanted to study the relationship between completing an internship during college and students' future earning potential. prom the same graduating class, they selected a random sample of 80 students who completed an internship and 100 students who did not complete an internship and examined their salaries five years after graduation. they found that there was a statistically higher mean salary for the internship group than for the noninternship group. which of the following interpretations is the most appropriate? a. there could be a confounding variable, such as student major, that explains the difference in mean salary between the internship and no internship groups. b. we cannot infer anything from these data since the distribution of salaries is likely right skewed. c. you cannot draw any valid conclusions because the sample sizes are different. d. more students should complete internships because having an internship produces a higher salary.