Which one of the following is not considered contingent shares for purposes of computing eps? a. shares issuable upon achieving a specific net income target. b. shares issuable upon exercise of a stock option. c. shares issuable upon the passage of a specific period of time. d. shares issuable upon the issuance of a patent.

Suppose the government enacts a stimulus program composed of $600 billion of new government spending and $300 billion of tax cuts for an economy currently producing a gdp of $14 comma 000 billion. if all of the new spending occurs in the current year and the government expenditure multiplier is 1.5, the expenditure portion of the stimulus package will add nothing percentage points of extra growth to the economy. (round your response to two decimal places.)