What Is Regulatory Capture

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Multiple Choice

What is regulatory capture?

• A)It is a situation in which a policymaker seeks to improve his election prospects by aligning himself with a powerful special interest group which will finance his political campaign.
• B)It is the exchange of political support between a regulatory agency and the regulated firm resulting in both parties capturing economic rents.
• C)It is a situation in which a firm being regulated successfully influences the regulatory agency's actions to benefit the interests of the firm, rather than the public interest.
• D)It is a situation in which a regulatory agency uses its authority to force actions that are not favored by the regulated firms but are in the public's interest.

Learn the proper accounting for routine and extraordinary costs incurred in relation to tangible assets.

Understand the implications of incorrect asset categorization or expense allocation on financial statements.

Knowledge of asset classification (Current, Fixed, Long-term, Property Plant and Equipment).

Appreciate the importance of accurately determining the cost to be added to an asset account following a purchase agreement.

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Definitions:

Efficient Markets Hypothesis

The theory that all available information is fully reflected in asset prices, meaning that it's impossible to consistently achieve higher-than-market returns.

Firm-Specific Risk

Risk that affects only a single company

Market Risk

The possibility of an investor experiencing losses due to factors that affect the overall performance of the financial markets.

Diversification

A risk management strategy that mixes a wide variety of investments within a portfolio to minimize the impact of any single asset's performance on the overall portfolio returns.