The authors note that an appropriate discount rate for most U.S. households is near 5%. However, suppose you are considering the decision to attend graduate school, and you already have large credit card balances from your undergraduate years
If you decide to use a higher discount rate (e.g., 10%) to reflect your higher opportunity cost of money, what impact does this change in the discount rate have on the net present value of a graduate degree? A) Increases NPV
B) Decreases NPV
C) NPV would not change as long as we use nominal costs and returns.
D) NPV may increase or decrease, and we cannot determine the direction of change without more information.
B
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Refer to the above table. Assuming constant opportunity costs, which of the of the following statements is correct if the rate of exchange is 1 movie for 1 cuckoo clock
A) U.S. residents would be willing to export cuckoo clocks, but Swiss residents would not gain from exporting movies at this rate of exchange. B) Swiss residents would be willing to export movies, but U.S. residents would not gain from exporting cuckoo clocks at this rate of exchange. C) U.S. residents will gain from exporting movies and Swiss residents will gain from exporting cuckoo clocks at a rate of exchange. D) U.S. residents will gain from exporting cuckoo clocks and Swiss residents will gain from exporting movies at a rate of exchange.
As a result of moving more decision making from the center toward the periphery of the organization, typically
a. the flow of information to the decision maker that is relevant to the decision should be enhanced b. the flow of information from the decision maker that is relevant to the decision should be enhanced c. the incentives to make good decisions should be strengthened d. the incentives to make good decisions should be weakened