If the market demand for the product increases, in the short run a purely competitive firm:

a) will experience no change in costs as it steps up production in response to the change in the
market
b) will not change its output quantity because there are so many firms that the individual firm
will not be affected by the change
c) can employ more inputs and increase the size of its plant, to respond to the change in the
market
d) will earn higher profits or experience smaller losses as a result of the change in the market

If a firm plans to issue new stock, flotation costs (investment bankers' fees) should not be ignored. there are two approaches to use to account for flotation costs. the first approach is to add the sum of flotation costs for the debt, preferred, and common stock and add them to the initial investment cost. because the investment cost is increased, the project's expected return is reduced so it may not meet the firm's hurdle rate for acceptance of the project. the second approach involves adjusting the cost of common equity as follows: . the difference between the flotation-adjusted cost of equity and the cost of equity calculated without the flotation adjustment represents the flotation cost adjustment. quantitative problem: barton industries expects next year's annual dividend, d1, to be $1.90 and it expects dividends to grow at a constant rate g = 4.3%. the firm's current common stock price, p0, is $22.00. if it needs to issue new common stock, the firm will encounter a 6% flotation cost, f. assume that the cost of equity calculated without the flotation adjustment is 12% and the cost of old common equity is 11.5%. what is the flotation cost adjustment that must be added to its cost of retaine

Which of the following services will be provided by a full-service broker but not by a discount broker? i. research of potential investment opportunities ii. purchase and sale of stock at your request iii. recommendation of investments a. i and iii b. ii only c. iii only d. i, ii, and ii

Brody and tanya recently sold some land they owned for $150,000. they received the land five years ago as a wedding gift from brody's aunt jeanette. she had already given them cash equal to the annual exclusion during that year. aunt jeanette purchased the land many years ago when the property was worth $20,000. at the time of the gift, the property was worth $100,000 and aunt jeanette paid $47,000 in gift tax. what is the long term capital gain on the sale of the property