gasoline prices for the resent several years. The prices for gasoline had been changed rapidly. Mostly increasing‚ while the demand for it did not. For example‚ gasoline prices by Feb. 2008 rose to an average of $3.13 a gallon‚ that is up to 40% from $2.24 in Jan 2007. ( with the price elasticity 1%/40% = 0‚025)‚ and up to 62% from 2003. (with the price elasticity 1%/62% = 0‚016). Yet‚ demand continued to grow at an average 1.15% a year by 2006. Someone could ask why the rise of price did not
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rate at which prices increase annually. Essentially‚ prices go up due to two factors: A: cost-push factor B: demand-pull factor Cost-push factor inflation occurs when there is increase in cost of production of an item‚ which then gets translated into a higher price for that item in the market. Demand-pull factor inflation occurs when there is more money with the consumers compared to the total number of goods available in the market. With too much money chasing too few goods‚ prices rise because
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Why is GDP per capita useful as a measure of living standards? What are the limitations of GDP per capita as a comparable measure of living standards? Gross Domestic Product (GDP) measures the monetary value of final goods and services produced in a given year by factors of production within a country. GDP reports are released on the last day of each quarter‚ reflecting the previous quarter. Therefore‚ it is measured on a quarterly basis and measures the level of economic growth in different countries
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COST OVERRUN FACTORS AND PROJECT COST RISK ASSESSMENT IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY - A STATE OF THE ART REVIEW SAVITA SHARMA 1 & PRADEEP K. GOYAL 2 1 Senior Lecturer‚ Department of Civil Engineering‚ Govt. Polytechnic College‚ Ajmer‚ Rajasthan‚ India 2 Associate Professor‚ Department of Civil Engineering‚ Govt. Engineering College‚ Ajmer‚ Rajasthan‚ India ABSTRACT This paper presents a state of the art review of major and frequently occurred cost overrun factors and project cost risk assessment
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Texas the wildcard of the Deep South widely diverse economically‚ politically‚ and culturally‚ these three factors are what make up the great state of Texas‚ as we know it today. These factors also are what set Texas apart as a state compared to all the others on her boarders‚ and in the nation. The two party political systems in Texas has defined Texas since the late 1800’s from Democratic to Republican‚ each having a predominant rule‚ but Texas was changing faster than the parties could keep Texans
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and a good is offered for sale by producers and purchased by consumer (Blake‚ 1993). The relation between the demand and supply determines the equilibrium position of a particular good or a service. In this essay we will take a look at the factors that influence the equilibrium position of a good in the market‚ and the changes occur to the price and output levels of the good. Equilibrium "The market equilibrium occurs at the price where consumer’s willing to demand is equal to firm’s willingness
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The High Cost of Low Prices Summary The activist Robert Greenwald produced a documentary named Wal-Mart: High Cost of Low Prices to enlighten Americans of the effects this major company has on society. In this documentary‚ Greenwald interviews former employees from different ranks. Greenwald also uses crime rate statistics to demonstrate the lack of surveillance in the parking lot of the store. The producer also interviews the Chinese factory workers who are exploited in China. He also points
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relationship between price‚ income‚ taste and consumer demand. It begins by reviewing related theories and then will be followed by a series of empirical evidences to support the theory explained before. Finally‚ the essay will briefly summarize what have been discussed. Price and consumer demand “Price” in the question can be viewed by 2 ways. First‚ it means the price of good itself. According to Perloff (2009‚ p12)‚ the price of good itself has negative relationship with consumer demand. It can
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FACTORS AFFECTING CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR ON PRODUCTS CHOICES:A SURVEY OF SUPERMARKETS IN ELDORET TOWN ABSTRACT This study will look on the ability of the local supermarket to take in to account the consumer buying behavior and characteristic as a baseline for defining marketing programs. To better understand why consumers buy as they do‚ many marketers turn to the behavioral sciences for help. Similarly‚ there are numerous theories‚ models and concepts making up the the field. These variables
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Perfectly imperfect! I’m Hime‚ a senior high school‚ who had a dream and tried to make it happen but‚ it seems like time and chances don’t want me to reach my dreams. I cry without tears in front of all people and laugh with drams of tears when I’m alone. Could you imagine that a big childlike girl puts her hands up while fighting? I’m trying to survive while I’m half alive‚ and struggling to live although thorns and spikes hug me so tight‚ while deeply breathing. “Nobody’s perfect.” No‚ that’s
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