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ECO 550 Assignment 4: Long-Term Investment Decisions

Business & Finance

Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:

1. Explain why government regulation is or is not needed, citing the major reasons for government 

involvement in a market economy. Provide support for your explanation. 

2. Justify the rationale for the intervention of government in the market process in the U.S.

3. Assume that the company’s is considering a merger. The possible merger currently faces some 

threats and that the industry decides on self-expansion as an alternative strategy, describe the 

additional complexities that would arise under this new scenario of expansion via capital projects.

4. Analyze how the different forces will come together to create a convergence between the 

interests of stockholders and managers indicating the most likely impact to profitability. Provide 

support for your response.

5. Use at least three (3) high-quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and 

other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.