The owners of four companies competing for a contract are shown in the table below. If a report is released that advocates company B, which of the people having funded the report should result in the most skepticism? Company Owner of Company Company A Jake Adams Company B Debby Smith Company C Henry Rose Company D Rhonda Baker

Exercise 9.2 (start-up and venture capitalist exit strategy).  There are three periods, t = 0, 1, 2. The rate of interest in the economy is equal to 0, and ev- eryone is risk neutral. A start-up entrepreneur with initial cash A and protected by limited liability wants to invest in a fixed-size project. The cost of invest- ment, incurred at date 0, is I > A. The project yields, at date 2, R > 0 with probability p and 0 with prob- ability 1 − p. The probability of success is p  = pH if the entrepreneur works and p = pL  = pH − ∆p (∆p > 0) if the entrepreneur shirks. The entrepre- neur’s effort decision is made at date 0. Left unmon- itored, the entrepreneur obtains private benefit B if she shirks and 0 otherwise. If monitored (at date 0), the private benefit from shirking is reduced to b B. There is a competitive industry of venture capi- talists (monitors). A venture capitalist (general part- ner) has no fund to…

when playing at a casino your expected value means the amount you gain at a single play.   True or False

The National Football League has long-term leases with the stadiums in major cities. Control of these stadiums is an entry barrier to a potential new football league. True False     Suivant

a. Mayers & Smith Corp. has a fertilizer plant. The probability of an explosion at the plant depends on how much the firm spends on safety as given by the table below. If an explosion occurs, the loss to society (damaged equipment, death of employees, etc.) is expected to be $250 million. Safety Expenditure $ millions) 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 Probability of Loss 0.030 0.020 0.016 0.013 0.011 0.010 Find the optimal level of safety from a societal perspective correct calculation of marginal cost and marginal benefit;: correct optimal amount.

Julia and Julia is a small, owner-operated bakery. The owner of Julia & Julia is considering two alternative investments, X and Y. There are four possible outcomes for each (1,2,3 and 4 for Investment X and A, B, C, D for Investment Y). Investment X Investment Y Outcome Payoff Payoff Probability 0.2 Outcome Probability 1 A 0.1 2 2 0.2 B 30 0.2 12 0.4 1 0.5 4 14 0.2 14 0.2 (a) To one decimal place (e.g. 3.5), what are the expected values of Investment X and of Investment Y? The expected value of X is The expected value of Y is Say the owner's utility function is given by U (Z) = VZ where U is the utility and Z is X or Y. (b) Is the owner risk averse? O Yes O No (c)Which investment will the owner choose? OInvestment X Investment Y

when a stock price breaks through the moving average from below this is considered to be a bullish signal.   True or false

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Alfred is a Partner. His dependent daughter wants to try making investments using an app on her mobile phone. What must Alfred do? Advise her that before selecting any investments she must check with Alfred, who will then check KICS to determine if the investment is restricted. Record the name of the app in KICS. Advise his daughter that the amounts invested must be less than $100, so he can clearly demonstrate they are not material. Nothing. Mobile phone apps are typically online games and not used for investment purposes.

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