Chicago based Corporation X has a number of exporting transactions with companies based in Sweden. Exporting activities result in receivables. If the settlement currency is the Swedish Krona, which of the following will happen by changes in the direct or indirect exchange rates? Direct Exchange Rate Indirect Exchange Rate
Increases Decreases Increases Decreases
Scenario A Loss Gain NA NA
Scenario B Loss Gain Gain Loss
Scenario C NA NA NA NA
Scenario D Gain Loss Loss Gain

a. Scenario B
b. Scenario D
c. Scenario A
d. Scenario C

Which of the following best describes how the federal reserve bank banks during a bank run? a. the federal reserve bank regulates exchanges to prevent the demand for withdrawals from rising above the required reserve ratio. b. the federal reserve bank acts as an insurance company that pays customers if their bank fails. c. the federal reserve bank has the power to take over a private bank if customers demand too many withdrawals. d. the federal reserve bank can provide a short-term loan to banks to prevent them from running out of money. 2b2t

Consider the local telephone company, a natural monopoly. the following graph shows the monthly demand curve for phone services and the company’s marginal revenue (mr), marginal cost (mc), and average total cost (atc) curves. 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 price (dollars per subscription) quantity (thousands of subscriptions) d mr mc atc 8, 60 suppose that the government has decided not to regulate this industry, and the firm is free to maximize profits, without constraints. complete the first row of the following table. pricing mechanism short run long-run decision quantity price profit (subscriptions) (dollars per subscription) profit maximization marginal-cost pricing average-cost pricing suppose that the government forces the monopolist to set the price equal to marginal cost. complete the second row of the previous table. suppose that the government forces the monopolist to set the price equal to average total cost. complete the third row of the previous table. under average-cost pricing, the government will raise the price of output whenever a firm’s costs increase, and lower the price whenever a firm’s costs decrease. over time, under the average-cost pricing policy, what will the local telephone company most likely do

Which of the following statements is true regarding the reporting of outside interests and the management of conflicts? investigators are responsible for developing their own management plans for significant financial interests. the institution must report identified financial conflicts of interest to the u.s. office of research integrity. investigators must disclose their significant financial interests related to their institutional responsibilities and not just those related to a particular project. investigators must disclose all of their financial interests regardless of whether they are related to a research project.