On June 30, 2018, Marigold Corp. granted compensatory stock options for 74200 shares of its $20 par value common stock to certain of its key employees. The market price of the common stock on that date was $34 per share and the option price was $28. The Black-Scholes option pricing model determines total compensation expense to be $903000. The options are exercisable beginning January 1, 2021, provided those key employees are still in Marigold’s employ at the time the options are exercised. The options expire on June 30, 2022. On January 4, 2021, when the market price of the stock was $44 per share, all 74200 options were exercised. What should be the amount of compensation expense recorded by Marigold Corp. for the calendar year 2020 using the fair value method?

What is the opportunity cost in this scenario? harry has been very busy at work for the past two weeks. he has been working weekends too. finally, he is going to get a weekend off. originally, he planned to paint his apartment that weekend. he also considered going fishing for the weekend. but then his parents called and asked him to come for dinner because it has been a while since they have seen each other. later on, his friend theo informed him about a surprise birthday party for another friend. theo plans to reserve a room at a restaurant for the celebration, with the cost to reserve the room split between theo, harry, and three other friends. now harry is confused about what he should do over the weekend. he decides that, for him, the most important commitments are going over to his parent's house and attending his friend's birthday party. in the end, harry decides to see his parents.

Jamie is saving for a trip to europe. she has an existing savings account that earns 3 percent annual interest and has a current balance of $4,200. jamie doesn’t want to use her current savings for vacation, so she decides to borrow the $1,600 she needs for travel expenses. she will repay the loan in exactly one year. the annual interest rate is 6 percent. a. if jamie were to withdraw the $1,600 from her savings account to finance the trip, how much interest would she forgo? .b. if jamie borrows the $1,600 how much will she pay in interest? c. how much does the trip cost her if she borrows rather than dip into her savings?

(30 total points) suppose a firm’s production function is given by q = l1/2*k1/2. the marginal product of labor and the marginal product of capital are given by: mpl = 1/ 2 1/ 2 2l k , and mpk = 1/ 2 1/ 2 2k l . a) (12 points) if the price of labor is w = 48, and the price of capital is r = 12, how much labor and capital should the firm hire in order to minimize the cost of production if the firm wants to produce output q = 18?