The largest tax break for most Americans is the mortgage interest tax deduction, which allows homeown-ers to deduct from their taxable income the amount of money they pay in interest to finance their homes. This tax break is intended to encourage homeownership. Compare this tax deduction to a uniform tax creditfor homeownership on equity and efficiency grounds. The e icon indicates a question that requires students to apply the empirical economics principles discussed and the Empirical Evidence boxes

Asmartphone manufacturing company uses social media to achieve different business objectives. match each social media activity of the company to the objective it the company achieve.

Jeanie had always been interested in how individuals and businesses effectively allocate their resources in order to accomplish personal and organizational goals. that’s why she majored in economics and took on an entry-level position at an accounting firm. she is very interested in further advancing her career by looking into a specialization that builds upon her academic background, and her interest in deepening her understanding of how companies adjust their operating results to incorporate the economic impacts of their practices on internal and external stakeholders. which specialization could jeanie follow to get the best of both worlds? jeanie should chose to get the best of both worlds.

Consider the following two projects. both have costs of $5,000 in year 1. project 1 provides benefits of $2,000 in each of the first four years only. the second provides benefits of $2,000 for each of years 6 to 10 only. compute the net benefits using a discount rate of 6 percent. repeat using a discount rate of 12 percent. what can you conclude from this exercise?