You just ran a marathon in very hot weather and perspired heavily. according to drive reduction theory, your body will have a(n for water, which will produce a(n for water, which will lead to a to get water.

4. project memo your supervisor has asked you to create a final copy of a memo announcing a special project. open the microsoft® word file ch01 memo from the data files. edit the memo to correct errors in keyboarding, punctuation, spelling, and word usage. submit the edited document to your instructor along with this assignment.to: department supervisorsfrom: tomas perezdate: january 3, 20--subject: playground projectas you now, are offices are close each year on observance of martin luther king, jr. day. this year, the company is organizing a service project for that day. we will be clean up the grove street playground and panting bushes, blubs, and flowers. the company is donating now playground equiptment and park benches. cleanup gear and tools will be provided, and a cook out will conclude the days’ activities. farther information will be provided as the date draws nearer. encourage the employee in you department too participate in this worthwhile effort.

Ajustification for job training programs is that they improve worker productivity. suppose that you are asked to evaluate whether more job training makes workers more productive. however, rather than having data on individual workers, you have access to data on manufacturing firms in ohio. in particu- lar, for each firm, you have information on hours of job training per worker (training) and number of nondefective items produced per worker hour (output). (i) carefully state the ceteris paribus thought experiment underlying this policy question. (ii) does it seem likely that a firm’s decision to train its workers will be independent of worker characteristics? what are some of those measurable and unmeasurable worker characteristics? (iii) name a factor other than worker characteristics that can affect worker productivity. (iv) if you find a positive correlation between output and training, would you have convincingly established that job training makes workers more productive? explain.

The total value of your portfolio is $10,000: $3,000 of it is invested in stock a and the remainder invested in stock b. stock a has a beta of 0.8; stock b has a beta of 1.2. the risk premium on the market portfolio is 8%; the risk-free rate is 2%. additional information on stocks a and b is provided below. return in each state state probability of state stock a stock b excellent 15% 15% 5% normal 50% 9% 7% poor 35% -15% 10% what are each stock’s expected return and the standard deviation? what are the expected return and the standard deviation of your portfolio? what is the beta of your portfolio? using capm, what is the expected return on the portfolio? given your answer above, would you buy, sell, or hold the portfolio?