Coppola Company purchased a machine on January 1, 2011, for $20,000 cash. In addition, Coppola paid $4,000 to have the machine delivered and installed. The estimated useful life of the machine is 4 years, after which time it is expected to have a salvage value of $8,000. It is also estimated that the machine will produce 200,000 units of product during its useful life. Assuming that the straight-line depreciation method is used, what will be the machine's book value on December 31, 2013

What do economists mean when they use the latin expression ceteris paribus?

You are an employee of an u. s. firm that produces personal computers in thailand and then exports them to the united states and other countries for sale. the personal computers were originally produced in thailand to take advantage of relatively low labor costs and a skilled workforce. other possible locations considered at that time were malaysia and hong kong. the u. s. government decides to impose punitive 100% ad valorem tariffs on imports of computers from thailand to punish the country for administrative trade barriers that restrict u. s. exports to thailand. how do you think your firm should respond? what does this tell you about the use of targeted trade barriers?

Atax on the sellers of coffee will a. increase the price of coffee paid by buyers, increase the effective price of coffee received by sellers, and increase the equilibrium quantity of coffee. b. increase the price of coffee paid by buyers, increase the e ffective price of coffee received by sellers, and decrease the equilibrium quantity of coffee. c. increase the price of coffee paid by buyers, decrease the effective price of coffee received by sellers, and increase the equilibrium quantity of coffee. d. increa se the price of coffee paid by buyers, decrease the effective price of coffee received by sellers, and decrease the equilibrium quantity of coffee.