Many performers, like singers, actors, and athletes, get paid large amounts of money. Do you think they earn these amounts or should they get paid less? Why?

Managers in a firm hired to improve the firm's profitability and ultimately the shareholders' value will add to the overall costs if they pursue their own self-interests. what does this best illustrate? a. diseconomies of scale b. principal-agent problem c. experience-curveeffects d. information asymmetries

In 2017, "a public university was awarded a federal reimbursement grant" of $18 million to carry out research. of this, $12 million was intended to cover direct costs and $6 million to cover overhead. in a particular year, the university incurred $4 million in allowable direct costs and received $3.4 million from the federal government. it expected to incur the remaining costs and collect the remaining balance in 2018. for 2017 it should recognize revenues from the grant of

You are looking at a one-year loan of $16,500. the interest rate is quoted as 8.7 percent plus two points. a point on a loan is 1 percent (one percentage point) of the loan amount. quotes similar to this one are common with home mortgages. the interest rate quotation in this example requires the borrower to pay two points to the lender up front and repay the loan later with 8.7 percent interest. what rate would you actually be paying here?