Joe Smith, age 75, from Vienna, IL has the winning Powerball lottery numbers which will pay out $13 million at the beginning of each of the next 30 years (reported prize of $390 million). Before claiming his prize, Trusty Insurance Company offers Joe $200 million today in exchange for his winning lottery ticket and prize payout. What rate of return would Trusty Insurance earn if Joe accepts their offer?

Which change is illustrated by the shift taking place on this graph? an increase in demanda decrease in demandan increase in supplya decrease in supply

If a product goes up in price, and the demand for it drops, that product's demand is a. elastic b. inelastic c. stable d. fixed select the best answer from the choices provided

Adrawback of short-term contracting as an alternative to making a component in-house is thata. it is the most-integrated alternative to performing an activity so the principal company has no control over the agent. b. the supplying firm has no incentive to make any transaction-specific investments to increase performance or quality. c. it fails to allow a long planning period that individual market transactions provide. d. the buying firm cannot demand lower prices due to the lack of a competitive bidding process.