effect of gasoline price increases in the aftermath of the Persian Gulf crisis in August 1990 on gasoline consumption was not very significant. Would you expect the consumption of gasoline to be more severely affected if these higher prices remained in effect for a year or more ? Why or why not ? Based on the law of demand define the typical relationship between the price and quantity demands. Consumer would tend to purchase more when the price is low and lesser when the price of gasoline is
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ESSAY OF THE EVALUATION OF FACTOR PRICE EQUALIZATION THEORY. | MAT NO: SSC0905121 | INTRODUCTION Factor price equalization is an economic theory‚ by Paul A. Samuelson (1948)‚ which states that the prices of identical factors of production‚ such as the wage rate‚ or the return to capital‚ will be equalized across countries as a result of international trade in commodities. The theorem assumes that there are two goods and two factors of production‚ for example capital and labour. Other key assumptions
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Cost and Price Analysis Instructor: Name: Class: Finance 230 Date: Period: Results: 1) Why is it important for the government to exercise good fiscal judgment when spending funds? Government employees are held responsible for use of good judgment so those excessive prices are not paid. 2) List and describe four types of market based pricing. Be sure to provide at least one (1) example of each type. Competitive Offers – response to solicitation encouraging competing offers Established
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he government on Wednesday decided to raise petrol prices by Rs 5 per litre and diesel by Rs 3 per litre that will result in freight charges going up. Currently‚ freight charges are about Rs 1.40 per tonne per km with an average of about 450-500 km for a company normally. “The fuel price hike will have a cascading impact on all input costs. Cement prices will be impacted by about Rs 3-4 per 50 kg bag‚ and if we are not able to pass on the hike‚ it will definitely impact our margins‚” said KC Birla
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MBA Programme 2007 Period 1 – Jan/Feb PRICES AND MARKETS Core Course PUSHAN DUTT Date: 5th March‚ 2007 Time: 9am – 12noon Duration of the exam: 3 hours Closed-book exam (two A4 sheets allowed). You may NOT use a computer or a PDA Your answers must be in English Write all answers in a separate booklet‚ not on this question paper. At the end of the exam you can find blank pages as “scratch paper” for calculations. This exam is worth 200 points (you get an endowment of 5 points for showing up)
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Price Elasticity Elasticity‚ in layman terms can be defined as the ability of an object to stretch or transform in shape‚ and return to its original form. This definition can be applied to many facets of life. In business we say that it is a measure of responsiveness; ‘measure’ being an expression that suggests numerical factors. In economics‚ elasticity is commonly measured in the price elasticity of demand‚ and the price elasticity of supply. Price elasticity of demand is the measure
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The Problem of Rising Prices Price rise is a world phenomenon today and inflation is affecting every section (rich and poor) of society. About three decades ago we could purchase wheat at thirty rupees a quintal‚ but today we cannot get it at less than three hundred rupees a quintal in big cities. Everything was within the reach of man until a few years ago. Today there is no limit to the price rise of all kinds of items. Millions of people in the world have to go hungry. They have to work hard
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shows the price of aluminium over the past six years. It can be seen from Figure 1 that the price of aluminium has fluctuated a great deal during this period. For example: between July 2008 and February 2009 the price fell by 57%; in August 2009 alone the price rose by 16%. In an essay of 1500 words or fewer‚ use economic analysis to explain changes in the price of aluminium over the period shown in Figure 1 and why the price fluctuations have been so great. Figure 1: The monthly LME spot price for aluminium
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Price rise is the bane of modern world. Price of essential commodities go on rising every day despite the professed and genuine efforts of the government. The main reason of rising the price as the sky rocket is the im-maturity of the government plan and the unabated raise on the population at the alarming rate. As compared to china and other developed European countries most of the south Asian countries even India had failed miserably in controlling its population. In context of Nepal the
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Airline Ticket Prices Jodie L. Hebner Grantham University An airline’s ticket price is determined by several factors to include time of day a consumer wishes to travel‚ day of the week such as Tuesday’s and Thursday’s are usually the most affordable days to travel‚ popular versus non-popular destinations‚ first class costs more than general class‚ cost of fuel‚ competition from other airlines‚ special factors such as discounts for military‚ government or corporate personnel‚ (How Stuff Works‚
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