When Crossett Corporation was organized in January Year 1, it immediately issued 4,100 shares of $52 par, 8 percent, cumulative preferred stock and 10,000 shares of $11 par common stock. Its earnings history is as follows: Year 1, net loss of $12,100; Year 2, net income of $110,000; Year 3, net income of $115,700. The corporation did not pay a dividend in Year 1. Required
a. How much is the dividend arrearage as of January 1,2019?
b. Assume that the board of directors declares a $40,000 cash dividend at the end of 2019 (remember that the 2018 and 2019 preferred dividends are due). How will the dividend be divided between the preferred and common stockholders?

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?