wage and price controls in response to exceptionally high inflation rates. However‚ Wage and price controls are government restrictions on the rate at which wages and prices may rise during a specific time period. They are most often imposed during wartime to prevent profiteering and steep rises in the price of rare consumer goods. Many nations‚ including Canada‚ instituted a system of both price controls and rationing during WWII to prevent the exploiting and steeply rising prices that might
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Question 5 – Transfer Price Division A‚ which is part of the ACF Group‚ manufactures only one type of product‚ a Bit‚ which it sells to external customers and also to division C‚ another member of the group. ACF Group’s policy is that divisions have the freedom to set transfer prices and choose their suppliers. The ACF Group uses residual income (RI) to assess divisional performance and each year it sets each division a target RI. The group’s cost of capital is 12% a year. Division A Budgeted
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The Natural Gas Case Introduction * This case is about the negotiation of buying a gas between two parties involved – the plaintiff a German company and the defendant an Austrian partnership. On the 18th of December 1990 the plaintiff faxed the defendant with an offer to buy 700-800 metric tons. Meanwhile Austria responded that the ship will be from US for delivery to Belgium and the price is $376 per tone. Additionally a letter of credit was required‚ since both of the parties haven’t seen
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Price controls are usually justified as a way to help consumers‚ but those who advocate them often ignore their incentive effects. Consider‚ for example‚ rent controls‚ a popular form of a price ceiling. If the demand curve and the short-run supply curves are inelastic‚ then a sizable drop in rents may result in a very small shortage. The benefits to consumers (lower prices) will‚ in the judgment of most‚ clearly outweigh the costs to consumers (less housing). Further‚ the short-run supply of housing
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Bug Pizza or Bug Muffin Nicholas J. Are you willing to eat a pizza with bugs on it‚ or eat a muffin with insects that could not be seen? Well‚ in this persuasive essay‚ I will tell my opinion and three reasons why I chose it. By the way‚ I chose the pizza. Let’s move on with this essay. One reason that I would eat a pizza with insects is that I know what I am eating. Also‚ maybe it could fall off if it is too close to the edge. Unlike the muffin were you could be eating
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Bayelsa‚ Cross River‚ Delta‚ Edo‚ Imo‚ Ondo and Rivers); being made up of 185 local governments of over 800 communities from 12 major ethnic groups‚ with a population of about 30 million people. The country is richly endowed with crude oil and natural gas deposits which are the main source of energy and foreign exchange earnings. “Blood may be thicker than water‚ but oil is thicker than both”‚ - Perry Anderson‚ New Left Review‚ 10‚ 2001‚ p.30. The exploration of oil in Nigeria started in 1908 with the
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Theme of Bride Price The Bride Price‚ a story written by Buchi Emecheta‚ reflects a misery life of a Nigerian girl‚ Aku-nna. The absent of her father in the family had dramatically changed her life. Her bride price that she would get before getting married caused many troubles within her family. After reading this story‚ we can see the practice of customs‚ the system of value and the belief of local Nigerians are the main themes discussed in the story. First of all‚ it ’s about practice of customs
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Persuasive Essay Final Paper Frank Raymond COM/172 May 9‚ 2011 Barbara Plourde Persuasive Essay Final Paper Americans need to plan for retirement so they do not have to rely solely on Social Security income to care for them financially after that point. This year the Social Security Administration is projecting‚ it will collect less in payroll taxes than it pays out in retirement‚ disability‚ and survivor benefits. Even though the government economists are saying that the economy and social
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Compressed natural gas From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search "CNG" redirects here. For other uses‚ see CNG (disambiguation). Blue diamond symbol used on CNG-powered vehicles in North America Green bordered white diamond symbol used on CNG-powered vehicles in China A CNG powered high-floor Neoplan AN440A‚ operated by ABQ RIDE in Albuquerque‚ New Mexico. CNG (Compressed natural gas) (Methane stored at high pressure) can be used in place of gasoline (petrol)‚ Diesel
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