The economic growth model explains growth in real GDP per capita in the long run. Because of the importance of labor productivity in explaining economic growth, the economic growth model focuses on the causes of increases in long-run labor productivity. What are the key factors that determine labor productivity?

Ichelle is attending college and has a part-time job. once she finishes college, michelle would like to relocate to a metropolitan area. she wants to build her savings so that she will have a "nest egg" to start her off. michelle works out her budget and decides she can afford to set aside $9090 per month for savings. her bank will pay her 4 %4% per year, compounded monthly, on her savings account. what will be michelle's balance in five years?

Activity-based costing (abc) is not truly a cost collection mechanism as much as it is an inventory valuation method. the main purpose for implementing an activity-based cost system is to try to overcome some of the cost distortions that occur in traditional costing from product differences when there are variations in size and complexity. however, one of the disadvantages of utilizing abc is that the additional information gathering necessary to implement costing with that level of detail might be beyond the reach of some companies with resource or financial constraints. with this in mind, what kinds of industries or companies do you think would benefit most from using activity-based costing and why? in designing or modifying an accounting system to capture appropriate costs for abc, what considerations do you think would need to be made?

If consumers start to believe they need a product, what is likely to happen? a. the demand becomes less elastic. b. the demand becomes more elastic. c. the supply decreases. d. the price decreases.