Changes of Gasoline Retail Prices from 1999-2008 Economics James Bork Chris DeShaney October 11‚ 2010 Over the period of 1980 to 2010 the prices of gasoline have fluctuated a lot from lows to highs. There were some drastic prices increases from 1999 to 2008 changing from one dollar to four dollars. After 2008 the prices suddenly fell off drastically but never have returned to what they were in 1999. The main cause for the rise and fall of prices over the years can be attributed to the supply
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1a) Price elasticity of demand (PED) measures the degree of responsiveness of the quantity demanded of a good to a given change in price of the good itself‚ ceteris paribus. It is found by taking the percentage change in quantity demanded of good X divided by the percentage change in the price of good X. The numerical value of the price elasticity of demand is always negative due to the inverse relationship between quantity demanded and price as stated in the law of demand. When we interpret
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Yieldex? To support your answer‚ please consider the following optimistic scenario for Yieldex if it declines Turn’s offer: a) Yieldex completes a Series A financing along the lines described in the case‚ in which the new Series A shares are priced at $0.50. b) One year later‚ Yieldex completes a Series B financing for $5.7 million at a price of $1.00 per share. c) One year later‚ Yieldex completes a Series C financing for $11.4 million at a price of $1.50 per share. d) One year later
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and Government-set Prices A. Short-Answer‚ Essays‚ and Problems New 1. The president of a toy company asks you for advice about whether the company should cut the price of its best-selling doll this year based on the following information: last year the company cut the price of its best-selling doll by 10% and the total revenues from doll sales increased by 10%. New 2. The owner of a health club asks you for advice about whether the company should raise the price of its membership
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effects‚ and what’s in their medicine. Medicine is so expensive because prices are generally shaped by what the market will bear‚ drugmakers and some economists argue that price controls or other efforts aimed at slowing spending by targeting profits mean cutting money that could go toward developing the next new cure. A drug’s price should reflect its effectiveness‚ The “most important factor” that drives prescription drug prices higher in the United States than anywhere else in the world is the existence
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My Beautiful Place Have you ever felt like you were born in the wrong era? I ask this because I know I do. The place that I consider beautiful is America‚ but please bear with me for a second and let me explain. I’m not talking about the America built on people who are famous for just being famous or the obese population produced by Mc Donald’s‚ I’m not even referring to the weather (yes I’m still bitter about the excuse of a “summer” we get in Ireland). To me America isn’t beautiful anymore but
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The Price Leadership or Dominant Firm Model I think this model is easiest to learn diagrammatically‚ and then mathematically. Here is the graph and then an explanation of what is happening: Notice first the total market demand curve for the industry as a whole. Then notice the marginal cost curve for the competitive fringe of firms. This is a model in which there is one firm which is dominant and then a fringe of small firms who are so small that they behave like perfectly competitive firms
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Price Elasticity of Gold Group name: In-Demand The general inverse relationship between price and demand is a key fundamental in economics. A rise in price is known to shrink demand and vice versa. However‚ another important factor in economics is the price elasticity of demand‚ which can be interpreted as the percentage change in demand relative to the percentage change in price. Basic goods tend to be of low elasticity‚ thus the change in price has little effect on demand‚ while luxury goods
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A Guide to Setting up a Restaurant / Coffee Shop / Food Outlet. Getting Started Making the decision to set up a restaurant /food business involves careful consideration. As the standards and expectations of customers are rising all the time‚ the setting up of any food business could involve considerable financial outlay and time. Food business are required to be compliant with a range of legislation and non-compliance can result in serious consequences so food business owners need to be well
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Gas Price Elasticity The Energy Information Administration of the Department of Energy began tracking weekly gasoline prices in 1990 by means of a survey of 800 service stations around the country. The average retail price for unleaded gasoline posted its fourth record high during the week of June 12‚ 2000‚ increasing 5 cents a gallon to an average of $1.681. The price at the pump is higher than the same period last year by 56 cents and has risen 16.2 cents over the past month (Anonymous‚ 2000)
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