According to the kinked demand curve theory, the behavior of firms in an oligopoly creates a demand curve that is at prices above the cartel price and at prices below the cartel price.

You are an employee of an u.s. firm that produces personal computers in thailand and then exports them to the united states and other countries for sale. the personal computers were originally produced in thailand to take advantage of relatively low labor costs and a skilled workforce. other possible locations considered at that time were malaysia and hong kong. the u.s. government decides to impose punitive 100% ad valorem tariffs on imports of computers from thailand to punish the country for administrative trade barriers that restrict u.s. exports to thailand. how do you think your firm should respond? what does this tell you about the use of targeted trade barriers?

Salt corporation's contribution margin ratio is 78% and its fixed monthly expenses are $30,000. assume that the company's sales for may are expected to be $89,000. required: estimate the company's net operating income for may, assuming that the fixed monthly expenses do not change.

Rebel technology maintains its records using cash-basis accounting. during the year, the company received cash from customers, $43,000, and paid cash for salaries, $23,500. at the beginning of the year, customers owe rebel $1,000. by the end of the year, customers owe $6,600. at the beginning of the year, rebel owes salaries of $5,600. at the end of the year, rebel owes salaries of $3,300. determine cash-basis net income and accrual-basis net income for the year.