Toyota's Pass-Through. Assume that the export price of a Toyota Corolla from Osaka, Japan, is ¥2,150,000. The exchange rate is ¥87.59/$. The forecast rate of inflation in the United States is 2.2% per year and in Japan it is 0.0% per year. Use this data to answer the following questions on exchange rate pass-through. a. What was the export price for the Corolla at the beginning of the year expressed in U. S. dollars? b. Assuming purchasing power parity holds, what should be the exchange rate at the end of the year? c. Assuming 100% exchange rate pass-through, what will be the dollar price of a Corolla at the end of the year? d. Assuming 75% exchange rate pass-through, what will be the dollar price of a Corolla at the end of the year?

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Wo firms, a and b, each currently dump 50 tons of chemicals into the local river. the government has decided to reduce the pollution and from now on will require a pollution permit for each ton of pollution dumped into the river. it costs firm a $100 for each ton of pollution that it eliminates before it reaches the river, and it costs firm b $50 for each ton of pollution that it eliminates before it reaches the river. the government gives each firm 20 pollution permits. government officials are not sure whether to allow the firms to buy or sell the pollution permits to each other. what is the total cost of reducing pollution if firms are not allowed to buy and sell pollution permits from each other? what is the total cost of reducing pollution if the firms are allowed to buy and sell permits from each other? a. $3,000; $1,500 b. $4,500; $3,500 c. $4,500; $4,000 d. $4,500; $2,500

Kim davis is in the 40 percent personal tax bracket. she is considering investing in hca(taxable) bonds that carry a 12 percent interest rate. what is her after- tax yield(interest rate) on the bonds?