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Red Company is a calendar-year U.S. firm with operations in several countries. At January 1, 2013, the company had issued 40,000 executive stock options permitting executives to buy 40,000 shares of stock for $25. The vesting schedule is 20% the first year, 30% the second year, and 50% the third year (graded-vesting) . The fair value of the options is estimated as follows: Red Company is a calendar-year U.S. firm with operations in several countries. At January 1, 2013, the company had issued 40,000 executive stock options permitting executives to buy 40,000 shares of stock for $25. The vesting schedule is 20% the first year, 30% the second year, and 50% the third year (graded-vesting) . The fair value of the options is estimated as follows:   What is the compensation expense related to the options to be recorded in 2014? A) $48,000. B) $96,000. C) $128,000. D) $140,000. What is the compensation expense related to the options to be recorded in 2014?


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Marginal Revenue

The additional income received from selling one more unit of a good or service.

Industry Supply Curve

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Marginal Cost Curves

A graphical representation showing how the cost of producing one more unit of a good varies with the quantity of the good produced.

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Average Variable Cost, which is the total variable costs divided by the quantity of output produced.

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