A firm sets a target capital structure to use when raising new funds in an effort to: a. maximize the dividend per share it pays commons stockholders. b. minimize its cost of equity (rs). c. minimize its weighted average cost of capital (WACC). d. maximize its earnings per share (EPS). e. minimize its cost of debt (rd).

Consumers who participate in the sharing economy seem willing to interact with total strangers. despite safety and privacy concerns, what do you think is the long-term outlook for this change in the way we think about interacting with people whom we don't know? how can businesses to diminish worries some people may have about these practices?

As a result of a thorough physical inventory, waterway company determined that it had inventory worth $320200 at december 31, 2020. this count did not take into consideration the following facts: walker consignment currently has goods worth $47400 on its sales floor that belong to waterway but are being sold on consignment by walker. the selling price of these goods is $75900. waterway purchased $21900 of goods that were shipped on december 27, fob destination, that will be received by waterway on january 3. determine the correct amount of inventory that waterway should report.

Suppose that fixed costs for a firm in the automobile industry (start-up costs of factories, capital equipment, and so on) are $5 billion and that variable costs are equal to $17,000 per finished automobile. because more firms increase competition in the market, the market price falls as more firms enter an automobile market, or specifically, , where n represents the number of firms in a market. assume that the initial size of the u. s. and the european automobile markets are 300 million and 533 million people, respectively. a. calculate the equilibrium number of firms in the u. s. and european automobile markets without trade. b. what is the equilibrium price of automobiles in the united states and europe if the automobile industry is closed to foreign trade? c. now suppose that the united states decides on free trade in automobiles with europe. the trade agreement with the europeans adds 533 million consumers to the automobile market, in addition to the 300 million in the united states. how many automobile firms will there be in the united states and europe combined? what will be the new equilibrium price of automobiles? d. why are prices in the united states different in (c) and (b)? are consumers better off with free trade? in what ways?