(i) Collusion is common among oligopoly firms. Discuss the factors that make collusion likely to succeed. Use the relevant industry to support your answer. Oligopolistic firms are known to be independent as there are only a few sellers dominating the market; therefore changes in the price‚ sales or output of a firm will surely affect their competitors. The telecommunication industry in Malaysia exhibits the oligopoly market. For instance‚ Maxis or Digi customers are more likely to subscribe to Celcom
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1) Which of the following most correctly describes GDP? GDP is the sum of the market value of all A) goods and services purchased within a country in a given time period. B) final goods and services produced within a country in a given time period. C) final goods and services purchased within a country in a given time period. D) intermediate goods and services produced within a country in a given time period. E) final goods and services produced by a
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Analysis 3: Strategies for Profit Maximization in the Market of Fuel-Efficient Cars “In the past‚ nothing slowed down strong car sales faster than a spike in gasoline prices.” Gasoline and normal cars are strong complements because gasoline is necessary for cars to operate and forms the large bulk of the cost of owning a car. The quantity demanded for cars decrease more than proportionately to the increase in prices of gasoline. “These days‚ consumers simply switch to more fuel-efficient
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Buffer stock scheme: is an attempt to use commodity storage for the purposes of stabilizing prices in an entire economy or‚ more commonly‚ an individual (commodity) market Commodity: a raw material or primary agricultural product that can be bought and sold‚ such as copper or coffee. Commodity agreements are international agreements designed to stabilise commodity prices in the interest of producers and consumers. Cross price elasticity Demand: The quantity of a good buyers wish to purchase
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4 MAR‚ 2013‚ 05.23PM IST‚ AGENCIES Tata Motors slashes hatchback‚ sedan prices by Rs 29‚000-50‚000 NEW DELHI: Tata MotorsBSE 0.74 % said it has cut prices of its hatchbacks and sedans by Rs 29‚000-50‚000 ($530-$910)‚ in a bid to lure customers to a market that is on course in the current fiscal year to post the first decline in annual sales in a decade. Tata Motors‚ however‚ raised prices of its sport-utility vehicles (SUVs) - the only bright spot in the country’scar market in recent months
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Over a hundred thousand jobs the U.S. economy has created in the past ten months. It is still below the two hundred thousand needed to drastically bring down the unemployment rate‚ which is around eight percent. The positive we have is income and consumption and GDP growth‚ but it is still growing below trend rates. The housing market still shows little to no sign of life. The high prices of oil are presenting a significant headwind in the U.S. economy. The Federal Reserve still try’s to stimulate
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partnership’ and assess whether in this new approach there are any significant differences between this and the traditional plant and company-level collective bargaining. finally‚ it will go on to briefly examine any similarities which may emerge. The Phenomenon of ’Social Partnership’ ’Towards Industrial Partnership’ was a project launched by the Involvement and Participation Association(IP A) in 1992. The IPA recognised the need for a fresh approach to industrial relations‚ a ’social partnership’ between
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Essential Graphs for Microeconomics Basic Economic Concepts ( Production Possibilities Curve Nature & Functions of Product Markets ( Demand and Supply: Market clearing equilibrium (Floors and Ceilings (Consumer and Producer Surplus (Effect of Taxes Theory of the Firm (Short Run Cost (Long Run Cost
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Economics Assignment One Part Two The flood which unusually occurred in Australia from 2010 to 2011 in summer‚ owing to the unusual amount of rain‚ destroyed the main producing areas of bananas in Australia‚ caused a large-scale reduction of bananas in Queensland. Bananas as the first biggest selling fruit in Australian market‚ the main producing areas for the banana market which flooded in the Cyclone Yasi‚ has caused the Australian citizens to be concerned about the shortage of bananas. This essay
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analysis. Unfortunately‚ Ukrainian sociologists pay insufficient attention to the study of this topic because of the difficult social reforms taking place in the Ukrainian society. That’s why the present work aims at investigating happiness as a social phenomenon in general and peculiarities of its perception in the Ukrainian society in particular. In terms of the above-formulated aim the following problems should be considered: the definition of the notion ‘happiness’ in terms of its scientific-theoretical
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