The city of maine creek acquired a used front-end loader from a road contractor for use at the city landfill (which is accounted for in an enterprise fund). the loader had a fair value of $54,000 and a historical cost of $90,000. the city paid the contractor $50,000 for the loader. at what amount should the front-end loader be reported in the government-wide financial statements?

Many potential buyers value high-quality used cars at the full-information market price of € p1 and lemons at € p2. a limited number of potential sellers value high-quality cars at € v1 ≤ p1 and lemons at € v2 ≤ p2. everyone is risk neutral. the share of lemons among all the used cars that might be potentially sold is € θ . suppose that the buyers incur a transaction cost of $200 to purchase a car. this transaction cost is the value of their time to find a car. what is the equilibrium? is it possible that no cars are sold