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?

Which of the following is intended to demonstrate to an employer the importance of cooperating with workers? a. a collective agreement. b. a stock offer. c. a boost in production. d. a work slowdown. 2b2t

Companies in the u. s. car rental market vary greatly in terms of the size of the fleet, the number of locations, and annual revenue. in 2011 hertz had 320,000 cars in service and annual revenue of approximately $4.2 billion. the following data show the number of cars in service (1000s) and the annual revenue ($ millions) for six smaller car rental companies (auto rental news website, august 7, 2012). excel file: data14-09.xls if required, enter negative values as negative numbers. a. select a scatter diagram with the number of cars in service as the independent variable. b. what does the scatter diagram developed in part (a) indicate about the relationship between the two variables? c. use the least squares method to develop the estimated regression equation (to 3 decimals). ŷ = + x d. for every additional car placed in service, estimate how much annual revenue will change. by $ e. fox rent a car has 11,000 cars in service. use the estimated regression equation developed in part (c) to predict annual revenue for fox rent a car. round your answer to nearest whole value. $ million hide feedback partially correct

Why do you think the compensation plans differ at the two firms? in particular, why do you think kaufmann’s pays commissions to salespeople, while parkleigh does not? why does parkleigh offer employees discounts on purchases, while kaufmann’s does not?