Which of the following statements is correct? a. the preemptive right gives stockholders the right to approve or disapprove of a merger between their company and some other company. b. the preemptive right is a provision in the corporate charter that gives common stockholders the right to purchase (on a pro rata basis) new issues of the firm's common stock. c. the stock valuation model, p0 = d1/(rs − g), cannot be used for firms that have negative growth rates. d. the stock valuation model, p0 = d1/(rs − g), can be used only for firms whose growth rates exceed their required returns. e. if a company has two classes of common stock, class a and class b, the stocks may pay different dividends, but under all state charters the two classes must have the same voting rights.

Prairie, inc. produces one single product. it has an annual capacity of 10,000 units, but currently uses only 80% of it. each unit is sold for $50 and requires direct material worth $30 and direct labor worth $5. manufacturing overhead cost is $10 per unit of which 70% is variable. should a special order to sell 1,000 units at $44 be accepted? yes no

In three to four sentences, explain the effect of a price ceiling on the quantity of a good and who this intervention intends to assist

The hawthorne works was a large western electric factory with 45,000 employees. during the 1920s and 1930s, hawthorne works was the site of some well-known industrial studies. in one of the studies, researchers investigated the impact of different working conditions on worker productivity. prior to the start of the study, researchers secretly measured workers' productivity for several weeks. then researchers chose two workers, who then chose their own teams. the teams were separated from the general workforce and completed their work in different experiment rooms where the researchers could observe them more easily. over a 5-year period researchers manipulated the structure of the workday for each team (number and duration of breaks and number of hours per shift). for each of these changes in working conditions, the researchers measured the effect on productivity. for some conditions, such as frequent short breaks, workers rebelled by intentionally decreasing productivity.why did the researchers secretly measure the workers' productivity before creating the two treatment groups? a, to create similar treatment groups so that a cause-and-effect relationship could be establishedb, to draw conclusions about the productivity of all workers in the plant based on the test groupsc, to directly control for confounding variablesd, to provide a baseline for measuring worker productivity