b. Because the U.S. postal service is a monopoly and Congress sets postal prices through legislation‚ market forces do not determine stamp prices. c. New York City government auctions taxi medallions that give the right to transport passengers by taxi. Because the government controls the number of medallions‚ market forces do not determine their price. 3. Indicate whether each of the following statements describes an increase in
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Consumer Price index- has absolutely no impact on prices‚ it will not change prices! Possible reasons for it to be inaccurate: 1) New products and technology- tendency to lag the advantage of a new technology. By the time they start incorporation the price it is already cheaper‚ but they use the higher price. This can cause a problem. 2) Quality of products changes- You may be getting more for your money. This can be a negative thing to because you could end up paying for things
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International Research Journal of Finance and Economics ISSN 1450-2887 Issue 30 (2009) © EuroJournals Publishing‚ Inc. 2009 http://www.eurojournals.com/finance.htm Determinants of Equity Prices in the Stock Markets Somoye‚ Russell Olukayode Christopher Dept. of Banking & Finance‚ Faculty of Management Science Olabisi Onabanjo University‚ Ago Iwoye‚ Nigeria P.O. Box 1104 Ijebu-Ode‚ Ijebu-Ode‚ Ogun State‚ Nigeria E-mail: kayodesomoye@yahoo.com Akintoye‚ Ishola Rufus Dept. of Accounting‚ Faculty
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Petrochemicals prices climb 2% in December on tight supplies LONDON‚ January 9‚ 2013 - Prices in the $3-trillion-plus global petrochemicals market climbed 2% to $1‚350 per metric ton (/mt) in December‚ according to the just-released monthly average of the Platts Global Petrochemical Index (PGPI)‚ a benchmark basket of seven widely used petrochemicals. This follows a drop of 2% in November. But on a year-over-year basis‚ petrochemical prices were up 16% from the December 2011 average price of $1‚161/mt
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facing a price war‚ you ’ll need to understand how it started in order to respond effectively. Often the best counterattack does not. involve a retaliatory price How ^ 1 War 1^ f Scott Davis by Akshay R. Rao‚ Mark E. Bergen‚ and I HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW March-April 2000 N THE BATTLE TO CAPTURE THE CUSTOMER‚ companies use a wide range of tactics to ward off competitors. Increasingly‚ price is the weapon of choice - and frequently the skirmishing degenerates into a price war. Creating
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THE IMPORTANCE OF PRICES IN ECONOMIC SYSTEM A price is the amount of money a buyer must pay to a seller for a good or service. Price is not always the same as cost. In economics‚ cost means opportunity cost—all that is sacrificed to buy the good. While the price of a good is a part of its opportunity cost‚ it is not the only cost. For example‚ the price does not include the value of the time sacrificed to buy something. Buying a new jacket will require you to spend time traveling to and from the
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ON INDEX AND STOCK PRICE MOVEMENT OF VARIOUS INDUSTRIES IN EQUITY MARKET AT SHAREKHAN CHAPTER – 1 INTRODUCTION CHAPTER: 1 1.1 INTRODUCTION 1.1.1 INDEX AND STOCK PRICE MOVING AVERAGE Individual stock price is compared with the
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H&M Price H&M is known for its stylish clothing for low prices. H&M’s price strategy is based on their customers wants and needs. Low prices‚ high fashion! H&M uses physiological prices which is a very smart strategy that always works. This strategy means that the price of a shirt isn’t 20 euro’s but 19‚90. It seems much cheaper but the difference is just 10 cents. Normally at H&M you will not see clothes with a price higher than 80 euro’s. but sometimes a designer designs clothes for h&m for a
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au/business/retail/coles-woolworths-aldi-price-war-gets-personal-with-cutprice-tissues-and-toothpaste-20160303-gn9m2e.html The main issue present in the news story In this article ‘Coles‚ Woolworths‚ Aldi price war gets personal with cut-price tissues and toothpaste’‚ Catie Low indicated that there is a ‘price war’ between Woolworths and Coles. As is known to all‚ Woolworths and Coles are the two big supermarkets in Australia and plays a very important influence for the Australian economy. According to the article‚ the price cuts
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Why the Oil price crisis in India? Introduction In the last week‚ our finance minister has announced that there may be no subsidy for the diesel prices for cars. It is one of the news among many news which is coming on its way about the fuel prices in India. Especially in India‚ fixing the fuel prices is one of the daunting task for the government. Indian govt. gives explanation to the common man for the reason of price hikes which can be understand only by the experts. There are numerous things
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