The portion of the federal insurance contributions act (fica) tax paid by employers is 7.65 percent and the portion paid by employees is 7.65 percent (for a total of 15.3 percent). suppose that absent fica taxes, workers receive a competitive equilibrium wage of $10.00 per hour and that with fica taxes divided equally between employers and employees, the market wage is $9.53 per hour. what is the incidence of the fica tax? for simplicity, assume employers pay $0.765 in fica taxes and workers pay $0.765 in fica taxes for a total of $1.53.

The state troopers in one state have a motto, “nine you’re fine; ten you’re mine,” which is the standard that they use for pulling over speeders on the state highways. in other words, if the posted speed limit is 55 mph, drivers can drive at a rate up to 64 mph without fear of getting a ticket. which of the following best describes the ethical culture in the state? a. the troopers are following a standard of positive law. b. the troopers are following a normative standard. c. the troopers are following a headline test. d. the troopers are following the blanchard/peale standard.

Afirm wants to hire a project manager (pm) at a salary of $100,000. 30% of pms have high ability, and 70% of pms have low ability. high ability pms generate $120,000 in revenue and low ability pms generate $80,000 in revenue. in addition to differences in productivity, high and low ability pms have different outside offers. if a high ability pm is not hired by the firm, she can work for another company at a salary of $80,000. if the low ability pm is not hired by the firm, she can work for another company for $70,000. high ability pms are also able to get a project management professional (pmp) certification at a cost of $1,000. low ability pms are unable to get a pmp certification (they would fail the test). the firm is not able to observe a pm’s ability, but is able to observe and verify whether or not the pm has a pmp certificate.(a) draw the extensive form of the game.expert answer

The monthly demand equation for an electric utility company is estimated to be p equals 60 minus left parenthesis 10 superscript negative 5 baseline right parenthesis x, where p is measured in dollars and x is measured in thousands of killowatt-hours. the utility has fixed costs of $3 comma 000 comma 000 per month and variable costs of $32 per 1000 kilowatt-hours of electricity generated, so the cost function is upper c left parenthesis x right parenthesis equals 3 times 10 superscript 6 baseline plus 32 x. (a) find the value of x and the corresponding price for 1000 kilowatt-hours that maximize the utility's profit. (b) suppose that the rising fuel costs increase the utility's variable costs from $32 to $38, so its new cost function is upper c 1 left parenthesis x right parenthesis equals 3 times 10 superscript 6 baseline plus 38 x. should the utility pass all this increase of $6 per thousand kilowatt-hours on to the consumers?