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Read the following article, which introduces the concepts of expected value and optimal decision making. Then answer the question that follows. EXPECTED VALUE AND OPTIMAL DECISION MAKING, BY THE APLIA ECONOMICS CONTENT TEAM As an alternative to raising property taxes in order to increase revenue, the village of Port Chester, New York, recently increased parking meter rates by 25% and also raised parking fines. According to an article from the lohud.com news site (Gabriel Rom, "Port Chester Increases Parking Costs, Fines," lohud.com, May 2, 2017), officials are hoping that the increased parking costs will yield an additional $500,000 in revenue for the village. Although in the past drivers may have been more willing to risk parking illegally, the optimal behavior for Port Chester drivers may have changed as the cost of a ticket has risen. Undoubtedly, some motorists will continue to take certain "gambles," perhaps risking a ticket for illegal parking in exchange for the benefit of saved…

A university spent $1.5 million to install solar panels atop a parking garage. These panels will have a capacity of 700 kilowatts (kW) and have a life expectancy of 20 years. Suppose that the discount rate is 10%, that electricity can be purchased at $0.10 per kilowatt-hour (kWh), and that the marginal cost of electricity production using the solar panels is zero. Hint: It may be easier to think of the present value of operating the solar panels for 1 hour per year first. Approximately how many hours per year will the solar panels need to operate to enable this project to break even?    1,006.80   2,516.99   3,020.39   3,272.09   If the solar panels can operate only for 2,265 hours a year at maximum, the project (would/would not) break even.   Continue to assume that the solar panels can operate only for 2,265 hours a year at maximum. In order for the project to be worthwhile (i.e., at least break even), the university would need a grant of at least…

Which of the following is FALSE regarding scenario and sensitivity analysis?   Scenario analysis considers a best case (within reason) and worst case (within reason) scenario, along with a base case. Scenario analysis focuses on stand-alone risk, since it doesnt;s consider the project as a part of the larger firm. Sensitivity analysis considers that the project is one part of a larger firm Sensitivity analysis shows how changes in a single variable affects NPV or IRR Scenario analysis assumes all variables take their worst (reasonable) values simultaneously, and best (reasonable) values simultaneously.

A university spent $1.3 million to install solar panels atop a parking garage. These panels will have a capacity of 900 kilowatts (kW) and have a expectancy of 20 years. Suppose that the discount rate is 10%, that electricity can be purchased at $0.30 per kilowatt-hour (kWh), and that the marginal cost of electricity production using the solar panels is zero. Hint: It may be easier to think of the present value of operating the solar panels for 1 hour per year first. Approximately how many hours per year will the solar panels need to operate to enable this project to break even? 565.55 622.11 226.22 848.33 If the solar panels can operate only for 509 hours a year at maximum, the project Continue to assume that the solar panels can operate only for 509 hours a year at maximum. break even. In order for the project to be worthwhile (i.e., at least break even), the university would need a grant of at least

If the risk-free rate is 3 percent and the risk premium is 5 percent, what is the required return?

A university spent $2 million to install solar panels atop a parking garage. These panels will have a capacity of 700 kilowatts (kW) and have a life expectancy of 20 years. Suppose that the discount rate is 30%, that electricity can be purchased at $0.10 per kilowatt-hour (kWh), and that the marginal cost of electricity production using the solar panels is zero. Hint: It may be easier to think of the present value of operating the solar panels for 1 hour per year first. Approximately how many hours per year will the solar panels need to operate to enable this project to break even? 6,893.28 8,616.60 3,446.64 12,924.90 If the solar panels can operate only for 7,755 hours a year at maximum, the project break even. Continue to assume that the solar panels can operate only for 7,755 hours a year at maximum. In order for the project to be worthwhile (i.e., at least break even), the university would need a grant of at least   Note:- Do not provide handwritten solution. Maintain accuracy and…

A university spent $2 million to install solar panels atop a parking garage. These panels will have a capacity of 700 kilowatts (kW) and have a life expectancy of 20 years. Suppose that the discount rate is 20%, that electricity can be purchased at $0.10 per kilowatt-hour (kWh), and that the marginal cost of electricity production using the solar panels is zero. Hint: It may be easier to think of the present value of operating the solar panels for 1 hour per year first. Approximately how many hours per year will the solar panels need to operate to enable this project to break even? 8,214.28 5,867.34 2,346.94 4,693.87 If the solar panels can operate only for 5,281 hours a year at maximum, the project break even. Continue to assume that the solar panels can operate only for 5,281 hours a year at maximum. In order for the project to be worthwhile (i.e., at least break even), the university would need a grant of at least blank

An entrepreneur wants to open a hotel in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. Two key variables that should be anticipated to estimate the number of rooms that maximize future profit should be? Total costs and marginal costs Average costs and marginal costs Total income and marginal income Total revenue and total costs

Question An incumbent firm Pilly has a product that works well but has the possibility of causing side-effects to users. Both Pilly and an upstart firm Smirck are having the opportunity to develop a new product without the side effects. The following table shows the expected net return (after considering R&D costs, probability of success in product development, and future profits) for each firm under different scenarios. Smirck Invest Smirck Not Invest Pilly: $2.4 m Smirck: -$0.1 m. Pilly Invest Pilly: $4.9 m Smirck: $0 Pilly Not Invest Pilly: $3 m Smirck: $0.4 m Pilly: $5 m Smirck: $0 Assume that the two firms simultaneously choose whether to invest or not. What is the Nash Equilibrium of this game (that is, the action choices of the two firms in the Nash Equilibrium)? Would your answer be different if Pilly is the first mover and commits to its choice before Smirck makes its response (that is, a sequential-move game)? Equilibrium in the simultaneous-move game (No need for…

Suppose your firm is in need of cash and plans to auction off a subsidiary to the highest bidder. Which type of auction will maximize your firm’s revenues from the sale if (1) The bidders are risk neutral and have independent private valuations? (2) The bidders are risk neutral and have affiliated value estimates?

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A growing trend to "Buy American" may encourage U.S. automakers to increase political pressure on Washington to pass legislation for more restrictive quotas on Japanese car imports. In addition, a decline in the value of the U.S. dollar would be instrumental in Toyota's decision to build a manufacturing plant in the United States instead of continuing to export cars from Japan. If Toyota builds the plant, its decision would reflect Select one: a. a reactive strategy that would impact the competitive environmental force. O b. a negative impact as a result of adverse competitive, regulatory, and technological environmental forces. O c. a positive result from regulatory and economic environmental forces. O d. a positive response to a technological environmental force. O e. a proactive maneuver to manipulate and impact the social environmental force. In 2002, Geek Squad was purchased by leading retailer

Question 1 Assume that you are the team leader of strategic planning and advisory board of M/S XYZ company. The company has decided to enter the market with a new electronic product. Your team conducted a marker research and presented the following two strategies along with the necessary data. Delete Strategy A: Build a large plant with an estimated cost of 20,00,000 Rials. This altemative can face two states of nature on market conditions: High demand with a probability of 0.70, or a low demand with a probability of 0.30. If the demand is high, the company can expect to receive an annual revenue of 5,00,000 Rials for 7 years. If the demand were low the annual revenue would be only 1,00,000 Rials. Strategy B: Build a small plant with an estimated cost of 10,00,000 Rials. This alternative also faces two states of nature: High demand with a probability of 0.70, or a low demand with a probability of 0.30,If the demand is high the company can expect to receive an annual revenue of 3,00,000…

Mega Studios is thinking of producing a megafilm which could be a megahit or a megaflop. Profit is uncertain for two reasons: (1) the cost of producing the film may be low or high, and (2) the market reception for the film may be strong or weak. There is a 0.6 chance of low costs (and a 0.4 chance of high costs). The probability of strong demand is 0.5 (the probability of weak demand is 0.5). The studio’s profits (in millions of dollars) for the four possible outcomes are shown in the table:     demand     strong weak cost low 80 10 high 0 -70   a) Should the studio produce the film? Justify your answer using expected profits. b) The studio is concerned that the film’s director might let production costs get out of control. Thus, the studio insists on a clause in the production contract giving it the right to terminate the project after the first $30 million is spent. By this time, the studio will know for certain whether total production costs are going to be low (i.e. under control)…

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20) This decision tree represents the expected profits and the standard deviations associated with three decisions facing a mobile phone producer (All figures are in millions of dollars). The root node (the one on the left) represents the decision of whether to produce the phones in China or North America. The second pair of nodes represent the decision of whether to market the phones in China or North America; and the final nodes represent the choice of selling price: if the phones are sold in China, they will be sold for either $30 or $40, whereas if they are sold in North America, they will be sold for either $40 or $50. Based on the calculated values, what is the company's best strategy? Mean $30 1.250, sd 750 Sell China $40 Mean 375, sd = 625 Make in China Mean= -1,000, sd = 1,500 $40 Sell NA S50 Mean =-1,500, sd = 1,250 Sell China $30 $40 Make in NA Mean 1,250, sd.- 2,137 Sell NA $40 S50 Mean --250, sd-1.639

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A drug company is deciding how much to invest in Research and Development into finding a cure for the common cold. The table below shows the company’s demand for financial capital for R&D of this cold drug, based on its expected rates of return from selling the cure. Every investment has an additional 4% social return: that is, an investment that pays at least a 5% return to the drug company will create at least a 9% return for society as a whole.   Estimated Rate of Return_____________________ Value of R&D Projects That Provide at Least This High a Private Rate of Return to the Drug Company (measured in millions of dollars)   10%        $220 9%          $228 8%          $238 7%          $250 6%          $264 5%          $280 4%          $298   If the opportunity cost of financial capital for the drug company is 7%, the drug company will invest          in R&D if it receives both the private and the social benefits of this investment.   Question 3 options:…

Transcendent Technologies is deciding between developing a complicated thought- activated software, or a simple voice-activated software. Since the thought-activated software is complicated, it only has a 30% chance of actually going through to a successful launch, but would generate revenues of $50million if launched. The voice-activated software is simple and hence has a 80% chance of being launched but only generates a revenue of $10million. The complicated technology costs 10million, whereas the simple technology costs 2 million. What is the expected profit from developing the complicated software? $10 million $15 million $20 million $5 million

An individual is offered the following choice. Invest in a project that pays £900 with probability 0.5 and £400 with probability 0.5. What is the expected value of this project? Suppose that the utility function is given by U(y) = Iny. Setting out your workings clearly with a full accompanying explanation, establish whether or not the individual will turn down this project if she is asked to pay £650. Calculate the value of the risk premium associated with this project.