Expected return required by convertible bondholders = 9% Hint: Use Goal seek to set the difference between the convertible bondholders' current return and the target return to zero by changing the input cell for the conversion ratio. Current difference between bondholders' current expected return and target return (multiplied by 1000) = Conversion ratio (given original convertible coupon rate) that produces the required yield (Note: after using Goal Seek, cut and paste the conversion ratio into the yellow cell):

Which represents a surplus in the market? a market price equals equilibrium price. b quantity supplied is greater than quantity demanded. c market price is less than equilibrium price. d quantity supplied equals quantity demanded.

Almeda products, inc., uses a job-order costing system. the company's inventory balances on april 1, the start of its fiscal year, were as follows:

Label each of the following statements true, false, or uncertain. explain your choice carefully. a. workers benefit equally from the process of creative destruction. b. in the past two decades, the real wages of low-skill u.s. workers have declined relative to the real wages of high-skill workers. c. technological progress leads to a decrease in employment if, and only if, the increase in output is smaller than the increase in productivity. d. the apparent decrease in the natural rate of unemployment in the united states in the second-half of the 1990s can be explained by the fact that productivity growth was unexpectedly high during that period.