Sylvester co. takes out a 12% loan of $500,000 on 1/1/2014 to finance construction of a building for the company’s own use. construction begins immediately, and $600,000 is spent on the construction at an even pace during 2014. another $400,000 is spent at an even pace during 2015, with construction completed on 12/31/2015. no other construction loans are taken out. sylvester incurred unrelated interest expenses of $10,000 and $15,000 in 2014 and 2015, respectively, on loans that bear interest at 10%. how much interest can sylvester capitalize in 2014 and 2015?

Sole proprietorships produce more goods and services than does any other form of business organization.

One country has a comparative advantage over another country in the production of a good if ithas a curved production possibilities curve and the other country has a linear production possibilities curve.has lower fixed costs than the other country. has a linear production possibilities curve and the other country has a curved production possibilities curve.is a lower opportunity cost producer of the good.

Suppose that fixed costs for a firm in the automobile industry (start-up costs of factories, capital equipment, and so on) are $5 billion and that variable costs are equal to $17,000 per finished automobile. because more firms increase competition in the market, the market price falls as more firms enter an automobile market, or specifically, , where n represents the number of firms in a market. assume that the initial size of the u.s. and the european automobile markets are 300 million and 533 million people, respectively.a. calculate the equilibrium number of firms in the u.s. and european automobile markets without trade.b. what is the equilibrium price of automobiles in the united states and europe if the automobile industry is closed to foreign trade? c. now suppose that the united states decides on free trade in automobiles with europe. the trade agreement with the europeans adds 533 million consumers to the automobile market, in addition to the 300 million in the united states. how many automobile firms will there be in the united states and europe combined? what will be the new equilibrium price of automobiles? d. why are prices in the united states different in (c) and (b)? are consumers better off with free trade? in what ways?