The textbook provides a history of returns from 1950 through 1999 for four classifications of securities in the United States. Rank the average returns from the highest to lowest over this time period.

A) Long-term government bonds, 3-month U. S. Treasury bills, small-company stocks, large-company stocks
B) Large-company stocks, small-company stocks, 3-month U. S. Treasury bills, long-term government bonds
C) Large-company stocks, long-term government bonds, small-company stocks, 3-month U. S. Treasury bills
D) Small-company stocks, large-company stocks, long-term government bonds, 3-month U. S. Treasury bills

9. tax types: taxes are classified based on whether they are applied directly to income, called direct taxes, or to some other measurable performance characteristic of the firm, called indirect taxes. identify each of the following as a “direct tax,” an “indirect tax,” or something else: a. corporate income tax paid by a japanese subsidiary on its operating income b. royalties paid to saudi arabia for oil extracted and shipped to world markets c. interest received by a u. s. parent on bank deposits held in london d. interest received by a u. s. parent on a loan to a subsidiary in mexico e. principal repayment received by u. s. parent from belgium on a loan to a wholly owned subsidiary in belgium f. excise tax paid on cigarettes manufactured and sold within the united states g. property taxes paid on the corporate headquarters building in seattle h. a direct contribution to the international committee of the red cross for refugee relief i. deferred income tax, shown as a deduction on the u. s. parent’s consolidated income tax j. withholding taxes withheld by germany on dividends paid to a united kingdom parent corporation

Adistinguishing feature of ecological economics is the concept of cost-benefit analysis steady-state economies that, like natural systems, neither grow nor shrink environmental damage and also environmental benefits are external greenwashing to increase public acceptance of products the only healthy economy is one that is growing

What is the purpose of the us international trade association?