Consider pnw airlines, an airline focused on transporting cargo. their fleet is composed of four cargo airplanes. total cargo capacity of the fleet is 100,000 cubic feet. the monthly cost of maintaining and operating the fleet is $50,000. market research indicated that the demand curve for cargo capacity is d 200,000-25,000p where d is the demand across all segments and p is the transport price per cubic foot. (30 points total)
a. what is the price that maximizes profit for pnw airlines if all the demand comes from a single segment? (10 points)
b. what is the demand in this case? (10 points)
c. how much profit does pnw airlines make? (10 points)

Shareholders of tesla recently expressed concerns that elon musk should give up some of his power on tesla's board by appointing two independent directors. which of the following is not a reason why elon musk is perceived to have significant power over tesla's board? 1. he is the founder of the firm and a successful entrepreneur, thus board members may be hesitant to challenge him.2. as the ceo and chairman of the firm he can easily determine what the board should discuss and how it should vote on strategic issues.3. all board members, except for kimbal, have been appointed to the board during elon's tenure.4. many of the firm's directors are outsider investment managers whose interests would not be aligned with those of firms' shareholders.

Which of the following actions would be most likely to reduce potential conflicts of interest between stockholders and bondholders? a) compensating managers with stock options, b) financing risky projects with additional debt, c) the threat of hostile takeovers, d) the use of covenants in bond agreements that limit the firm's use of additional debt and constrain managers actions, e) abolishing the security and exchange commission

Minneapolis federal reserve bank economist edward prescott estimates the elasticity of the u. s. labor supply to be 3. given this elasticity, what would be the impact of funding the social security program with tax increases on the number of hours worked and on the amount of taxes collected to fund social security?