The practice of returning production jobs to the United States is known as__________

Fill in the blanks with correct word.

ANSWER: inshoring

Inshoring is the practice of returning production jobs to the United States. Increased fuel and transportation costs associated with long-distance shipping, coupled with falling United States energy costs, have given impetus to inshoring.

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A) multiply the before-tax cost of equity by (1 - tax rate) B) multiply the before-tax cost of equity by (1 + tax rate) C) multiply the before-tax cost of equity by (tax rate) D) None of the above because common stock dividend payments are not tax deductible for the firm.

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