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If we say a good is “perfectly inelastic”, then:

Please explain the following terms: 1) Renewable portfolio standard2) Capacity factor

The following table describes the TOTAL cost of polluting: Firm 0 units pollution 1 unit pollution 2 units pollution 3 units pollution 4 units pollution A 200 90 40 20 0 B 180 110 50 15 0 C 205 100 45 20 0 a) What are the marginal costs of each unit of pollution abatement? b) The government decides to sell FIVE pollution permits. What do you expect the price to be for the 5th permit? c) The government gives firms B and C 3 permits each (but none to Firm A). How will the three firms trade their permits?                                Show all the work. Explain how the price of the 5th permit is calculated. If there is a trade, what is the price range, and between which firms?            

Please choose the correct abbreviations for the following sentence. Patient is educated on durable medical equipment.  

 Following table shows the demand for three goods: Price of good A Quantity Sold of good A Quantity Sold of good B Quantity Sold of good C $50 250 400  200 $60 220  280 140 1) Calculate cross-elasticity of demand between good A and B2) Based on your result in part 1 explain the relationship between Goods A and B (are they substitutes or complements)3) Calculate cross-elasticity of demand between good A and C4) Based on your result in part 3 explain the relationship between Goods A and C (are they substitutes or complements)

 Cost function for a hypothetical firm is TC ($) = 250 + 5Q + 0.5Q2 Please calculate the following cost items for producing 10 units of product: 1) Fixed Costs 2) Variable Costs 3) Total Costs 4) Average Total Cost 5) Marginal Cost (assuming that the firm is already producing 10 units, what is cost of producing one more unit)  

You manage a well diversified stock portfolio of $27 million that has a beta of 0.4. You want to increase the portfolio beta to 1.1 using stock index futures. The futures contract has a multiplier of 100 and is priced at 1,046. Should you buy or sell the contracts and how many contracts should you use?

Suppose that the risk-free rates in the United States and in the United Kingdom are 6% and 4%, respectively. The spot exchange rate between the dollar and the pound is $1.60/BP. What should the futures price of the pound for a one-year contract be to prevent arbitrage opportunities, ignoring transactions costs.

The exchange of one bond for a bond that has similar attributes but is more attractively priced is called ________.

What is the name of the enzyme embedded in the inner membrane of the mitochondria that creates ATP in the final step of cellular respiration?