Anew company issues 2,000 shares of $5 par common stock in exchange for the services of a lawyer during its first month of business. the lawyer's normal fee is $15,000 for similar work. which of the following accounting equation effects would be recorded if the stock is not currently trading? a. an increase in common stock for $15,000 b. a decrease in common stock for $10,000 c. an increase in additional paid-in capital--common stock for $5,000 d. a decrease in additional paid-in capital--common stock for $5,000

3. saving two consumers, larry and jeff, have utility functions defined over the two periods of their lives: middle age (period zero) and retirement (period 1). they have the same income in period 0 of m dollars and they will not earn income in period 1. the interest rate they face is r. larry’s and jeff’s utility functions are as follow. = 0.5 + 0.5 and = 0.5 + 0.5 for each person is between zero and one and represents each consumer’s temporal discount econ 340: intermediate microeconomics. ben van kammen: purdue university. rate. a. write the budget constraint that applies to both jeff and larry in terms of consumption in each period and ), interest rate, and m. b. what is larry’s and what is jeff’s marginal rate of intertemporal substitution? c. what is the slope of the budget constraint? d. write each consumer’s condition for lifetime utility maximization. e. re-arrange the conditions from part (d) to solve for the ratio, . f. if > which consumer will save more of his middle age income? g. if > 1 1+ , in which period will larry consume more: = 0 or = 1?