Mr. Smith told his client, Mr. Jabar, who was not an IT expert, that the new software systems were much better than his existing ones. To convince Mr. Jabar, Mr. Smith used a great deal of technical jargon that his client did not really understand. Mr. Smith did this intentionally to confuse Mr. Jabar. This is an example of

a. false advertising.
b. commission lying.
c. omission lying.
d. noise.
e. surrogate lying

Policymakers are provided data about the private and social benefits of a good being sold in the market. quantity private mb ($) social mb ($) 6 6 9 7 4 7 8 2 5 9 0 3 what is the size of the externality? if the externality is positive, enter a positive number. if negative, make it a negative number. $ given this data, policymakers must decide whether to address the associated externality with a subsidy or a tax. as their economic consultant, which of the two policy tools would you recommend? a subsidy a tax

For each separate case below, follow the 3-step process for adjusting the prepaid asset account at december 31. step 1: determine what the current account balance equals. step 2: determine what the current account balance should equal. step 3: record the december 31 adjusting entry to get from step 1 to step 2. assume no other adjusting entries are made during the year. a. prepaid insurance. the prepaid insurance account has a $4,700 debit balance to start the year. a re- view of insurance policies and payments shows that $900 of unexpired insurance remains at year-end. b. prepaid insurance. the prepaid insurance account has a $5,890 debit balance at the start of the year. a review of insurance policies and payments shows $1,040 of insurance has expired by year-end. c.prepaidrent.onseptember1ofthecurrentyear,thecompanyprepaid$24,000 for 2 years of rentfor facilities being occupied that day. the company debited prepaid rent and credited cash for $24,000.

Choose the statement that is incorrect. a. search activity occurs only in markets where there is a shortage. b. when a price is regulated and there is a shortage, search activity increases. c. the time spent looking for someone with whom to do business is called search activity. d. the opportunity cost of a good is equal to its price plus the value of the search time spent finding the good.