Use the Following Information to Answer the Question(s)below

question 4

Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the question(s) below.
Incorporated Tool,a U.S.firm,is considering its international tax situation.The corporate tax rate in the United States is currently 21%.Incorporated Tool has major operations in Ireland,where the tax rate is 12.5%,Japan where the tax rate is 40.7%,and Mexico,where the tax rate is 30.0%.Incorporated Tool's profits,which are fully and immediately repatriated,and foreign taxes paid for the current year are as follows:
-Assuming that the Irish and Mexican subsidiaries did not exist,the U.S.tax liability on the Japanese subsidiary would be closest to:

• A)$0.
• B)$81 million.
• C)$103 million.
• D)$106 million.

Recognize the rational expectations theory and its implications for monetary policy decisions.

Understand why a fixed-growth-rate monetary policy is not widely embraced.

Explain the relationship between inflationary expectations and the position or movement of the Phillips curve.

Identify the conditions under which the economy moves along or shifts the short-run Phillips curve.

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Definitions:

Negligence

The failure to exercise the care that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in similar circumstances, leading to harm or damage.

Damages

Compensation claimed by a person who has suffered loss or harm due to the wrongful act of another.

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Nominal Damages

A symbolic small amount of money awarded in court to recognize that a legal wrong has occurred, without the plaintiff having suffered significant loss.