Given the following financial data for boston technology, compute the firmâs degree of combined leverage.
assume a marginal tax rate of 40%.
2010 2011
sales $700,000 $760,000
fixed costs 175,000 190,000
variable costs 406,000 448,000
ebit 119,000 122,000
interest 42,000 46,000
shares outstanding 100,000 102,000

Select the correct answer. the word intestate means that a person has died with or without a will?

Suppose the marginal damage and marginal benefit curves in a polluted neighborhood are md = p/3 and mb = 4 – p. also, suppose that transactions costs are low, so that the consumers and the firm can bargain. we saw that in this case, the socially-optimal level of pollution is achieved. start by computing the socially-optimal p. then, for each of the following cases, compute the amount of money transferred through the bargaining process, and indicate who pays whom (i.e., whether consumers pay the firm, or vice versa). also, compute the gains to each party relative to the status quo (i.e., the starting point of the bargaining process).a)consumers have the right to clean air; firm is dominant in the bargaining process.b)consumers have the right to clean air; consumers are dominant in the bargaining process.c)firm has the right to pollute; firm is dominant in the bargaining process.d)firm has the right to pollute; consumers are dominant in the bargaining proces

Why has the free enterprise system been modified to include some government intervention?