Jake and zach are identical twins who attended grammar school through college together. jake took a job as an engineer who does not have to travel out of the state. zach took a job as an engineer who must travel out of state once a week. jake earns $125,000 a year, and zach earns $155,000 a year. select the best explanation for this wage difference.
a. zach puts in less effort than jake.
b. jake’s lower salary supports the signaling theory of education.
c. zach has less human capital than jake.
d. zach receives a higher wage to compensate for the disagreeable nature of business travel.

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You are chairman of the board of a successful technology firm. there is a nominal federal corporate tax rate of 35 percent, yet the effective tax rate of the typical corporation is about 12.6%. your firm has been clever with use of transfer pricing and keeping money abroad and has barely paid any taxes over the last 5 years; during this same time period, profits were $28 billion. one member of the board feels that it is un-american to use various accounting strategies in order to avoid paying taxes. others feel that these are legal loopholes and corporations have a fiduciary responsibility to minimize taxes. one board member quoted what the ceo of exxon once said: “i’m not a u.s. company and i don’t make decisions based on what’s good for the u.s.” what are the alternatives? what are your recommendations? why do you recommend this course of action?

U.s. internet advertising revenue grew at the rate of r(t) = 0.82t + 1.14 (0 ≤ t ≤ 4) billion dollars/year between 2002 (t = 0) and 2006 (t = 4). the advertising revenue in 2002 was $5.9 billion.† (a) find an expression f(t) giving the advertising revenue in year t.