The profits from a U.S.-owned Burger King in France are included in the U.S. ________ and the French ________

Which of the following factors help to explain the sustained increases in health care spending in the United States, and which do not?

a. the additional paperwork, duplication, and waste generated in the U.S. health care system compared to systems in other countries b. the increasing costs of malpractice insurance and malpractice lawsuit settlements c. the number of uninsured patients receiving hospital treatment that could have been performed at a lower cost in doctors' offices d. the slow growth in labor productivity in health care compared to that in the economy as a whole e. the aging population f. increases in the cost of providing health care

If capital demand shifts to shorter lived equipment, then

A) net investment will fall. B) net investment will increase. C) net investment will not change. D) the effect on net investment is unknown.