Grocery stores that position their less expensive, private brands next to more expensive, well-known manufacturer brands on the shelf are using the concept of reference pricing.

a. True

b. False

You have agreed to loan some money to a friend at a simple interest rate of 150% which is outrageous but still about half of the payday loan places!

A 20-year maturity, 9% coupon bond paying coupons semiannually is callable in five years at a call price of $1,050. The bond currently sells at a yield to maturity of 8% (4% per half-year). a. What is the yield to call annually? (D

Investment X offers to pay you $4,300 per year for 9 years, whereas Investment Y offers to pay you $6,100 per year for 5 years. a. If the discount rate is 6 percent, what is the present value of these cash flows?

To develop a portfolio that provides the best return possible with a minimum risk, the linear programming model will have an objective function which a. maximizes the minimum return. b. maximizes return and minimizes risk. c.

Imputed interest rules apply to term loans or demand loans in which the interest rate is less than the Applicable Federal Rate (AFR).

Potanta is a company that manufactures herbal soaps. Over the years, the availability of aloe vera pulp, which is the keyingredient of the company's best-selling aloe vera soaps, has reduced.

An advertiser enables target cost-per-acquisition (cpa) bidding and notices that conversions decrease. what might cause this?

A trigger strategy is a strategy that: A. is not relevant to oligopolies. B. determines when to enter an industry. C. depends on an opponent's past decisions. D. tells a business to leave the industry because the price is below the AVC.

What is the effect on the supply curve for skateboards if the government implements a tax on the manufacturing process?

Cost of goods sold is: an asset account. a revenue account. an expense account. a permanent equity account.