Tobacco production is one of the more heavily subsidized industries in the united states. suppose that as a result of intense lobbying from health-related concerns, congress repeals the tobacco firms subsidies. which of the following scenarios would likely occur?
a. the tobacco firms supply curve would shift leftward, since it would now cost more to produce each level of output.
b. there would be a movement along the supply curve for tobacco, but the supply curve would not shift.
c. the tobacco firms supply curve would shift rightward, as it would now be cheaper to produce each level of output.
d. the tobacco firms would not experience any shift in their supply curves; subsidies dont affect output.

Catherine de bourgh has one child, anne, who is 18 years old at the end of the year. anne lived at home for seven months during the year before leaving home to attend state university for the rest of the year. during the year, anne earned $6,000 while working part time. catherine provided 80 percent of anne's support and anne provided the rest. which of the following statements regarding whether anne is catherine's qualifying child for the current year is correct? a. anne is a qualifying child of catherine. b.anne is not a qualifying child of catherine because she fails the gross income test. c.anne is not a qualifying child of catherine because she fails the residence test. d.anne is not a qualifying child of catherine because she fails the support test.

The wall street journal reported that walmart stores inc. is planning to lay off 2,300 employees at its sam's club warehouse unit. approximately half of the layoffs will be hourly employees (the wall street journal, january 25-26, 2014). suppose the following data represent the percentage of hourly employees laid off for 15 sam's club stores. 55 56 44 43 44 56 60 62 57 45 36 38 50 69 65 (a) compute the mean and median percentage of hourly employees being laid off at these stores. (b) compute the first and third quartiles. (c) compute the range and interquartile range. (d) compute the variance and standard deviation. (e) do the data contain any outliers? (f) based on the sample data, does it appear that walmart is meeting its goal for reducing the number of hourly employees?

Portionpac has been a good corporate citizen for fifty years. which of the following is not an argument in favor of social responsibility and corporate citizenship?