1. The neighboring towns of Arlington and Belmont are trying to decide in which locality to site a new waste incinerator. The towns will share the benefits of the facility and also share the costs. Each estimates its net benefit from the incinerator to be $10 million. However, each reckons a $6 million economic cost (due to lower neighborhood property values, environmental and safety concerns) from having the incinerator located in its town. a. Construct the payoff table listing the towns’ possible actions and overall net benefits.

Suppose that in an economy the structural unemployment rate is 2.2 percent, the natural unemployment rate is 5.3 percent, and the cyclical unemployment rate is 2 percent. the frictional unemployment rate is percent and the actual unemployment rate (in this economy) is percent.

The cost of labor is significantly lower in many countries than in the united states. if you move manufacturing to a facility to a country labeled as part of the axis of evil and a threat to world peace you will increase the net income of your client by $10 million per the facility is located in a country which limits personal freedom and engages in state sponsored terrorism. imagine you are a marketing consultant. (a) what would you tell the executives to do? (b) what are the alternatives? what are your recommendations? why do you recommend this course of action?

Calculate riverside’s financial ratios for 2014. assume that riverside had $1,000,000 in lease payments and $1,400,000 in debt principal repayments in 2014. (hint: use the book discussion to identify the applicable ratios.)