A few hundred U. S. sugar makers lobby the U. S. government each year to make sure that the government taxes imported sugar at a high rate. They do so because the policy drives up the domestic price of sugar and increases their profits. It is estimated that the policy benefits U. S. sugar producers by about $1 billion per year while costing U. S. consumers upwards of $2 billion per year. Which of the following concepts apply to the U. S. sugar tax?

Select all that apply

1. Political corruption.
2. Rent-seeking behavior.
3. The collective-action problem.
4 The special-interest effect.

Southeastern bell stocks a certain switch connector at its central warehouse for supplying field service offices. the yearly demand for these connectors is 15,000 units. southeastern estimates its annual holding cost for this item to be $25 per unit. the cost to place and process an order from the supplier is $75. the company operates 300 days per year, and the lead time to receive an order from the supplier is 2 working days. a) find the economic order quantity. b) find the annual holding costs. c) find the annual ordering costs. d) what is the reorder point?

True or false: a fitted model with more predictors will necessarily have a lower training set error than a model with fewer predictors.

1. what is the lowest balance during this period? 2. lily just received her bank statement below. a. what does the bank think her ending balance is? b. how much more does the bank think lily has? c. what transactions are missing? 3. what is the danger of not balancing your bank account? lily’s bank statement deposits: 2/25 $35 2/26 $20 3/1 $256.32 checks: 2/24 ck #301 $25 2/26 #302 $150 debit card: 2/24 american eagle $75.48 2/25 chick fa la $4.67 2/27 mcdonalds $3.56 2/28 chevron $34.76 withdrawal: 2/27 $40 beginning balance $423.34 deposits $311.32 total debits $333.47 ending balance $401.19