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question 45

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer questions :
Exhibit: Residential Investment
-(Exhibit: Budget Constraint) Based on the graph, if Y₁ and Y₂ represent income in period one and period two, respectively, r is the interest rate, and the consumer chooses to consume combination A on the budget constraint, what will be the level of consumption in period two, C₂?

• A) Y₁(1 + r) + Y₂
• B) Y₁ + Y₂/(1 + r)
• C) Y₁/(1 + r) + Y₂
• D) Y₁ + Y₂(1 + r)

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Definitions:

Accounts Receivable

Money owed to a company by its customers for goods or services that have been delivered but not yet paid for.

Non-Controlling Interest

A stake in a company that is not large enough to control company decisions, representing ownership by minority shareholders in a subsidiary not wholly owned by the parent.

Equity Method

An accounting technique used to record investments in other companies, where the investment is initially recorded at cost and adjusted thereafter for the investor's share of the investee's profit or losses.

Dividends

Payments made by a corporation to its shareholder members, usually derived from the company's profits.