In the long run, neither competitive price takers nor competitive price searchers will be able to earn economic because a. marginal revenue is always less than marginal cost when barriers to entry are low. b. the government will dictate moderate prices for these firms. c. entry barriers into these markets are high, raising the costs of each firm. d. competition will force prices down to the level of per-unit production costs.

"In addition, she said banks operating in Africa need to have a more end-to-end approach to risk management, considering bankability at all stages." As a follow up to Question 1 above and in addition to the solutions recommended in the article, recommend how Southern African financial institutions can improve their risk management strategy.

Phil is shopping for an annuity that guarantees he CANNOT outlive the benefits. Which of these benefit options would he choose?Accelerated lifetime benefitGuaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefitRight of income riderGuaranteed minimum accumulation benefit

Find the final hourly wage if a \( \$ 9.00 \) starting wage is increased by \( 4.5 \% \) each year for 8 years.

You deposit \( \$ 1000 \) each year into an account earning \( 7 \% \) interest compounded annually. How much will you have in the account in 35 years?

Suppose you want to have \( \$ 700,000 \) for retirement in 25 years. Your account earns \( 4 \% \) interest. a) How much would you need to deposit in the account each month? b) How much interest will you earn?