When a $1000 bond is initially sold at 5 percent "coupon" yield for 30 years, $50 (.05 x $1,000) interest per year is paid to the buyer of the bond. however, if interest rates decrease to 4 percent for similar bonds issued later on, then the market price of the initial bond will ..

Ajustification for job training programs is that they improve worker productivity. suppose that you are asked to evaluate whether more job training makes workers more productive. however, rather than having data on individual workers, you have access to data on manufacturing firms in ohio. in particu- lar, for each firm, you have information on hours of job training per worker (training) and number of nondefective items produced per worker hour (output). (i) carefully state the ceteris paribus thought experiment underlying this policy question. (ii) does it seem likely that a firm’s decision to train its workers will be independent of worker characteristics? what are some of those measurable and unmeasurable worker characteristics? (iii) name a factor other than worker characteristics that can affect worker productivity. (iv) if you find a positive correlation between output and training, would you have convincingly established that job training makes workers more productive? explain.

Overspeculation and a decrease in consumer confidence are both leading factors of: ?

Chuck, a single taxpayer, earns $80,750 in taxable income and $30,750 in interest from an investment in city of heflin bonds. (use the u. s. tax rate schedule.) (do not round intermediate calculations. round your answers to 2 decimal places.)