Premila Devi Kumar has widely and extensively contributed in many ways towards the Fijian society. She continues to play her role as Chief Executive Officer of Consumer Council of Fiji. Her efforts in making consumers aware of their rights and responsibilities have been recognized and Mrs. Kumar is still combating issues that affect the consumer of Fiji. TABLE OF COTENTS INTRODUCTION The empowerment of women is presently occurring in many societies around the world. The word ‘woman’ is certainly
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Lesson No. 5 Consumer Rights Rights of Consumers : Rights which are provided by law : - Right to safety - Right to be informed - Right to choose - Right to be heard Right to seek redressal - Right to consumer education. Factors causing exploitation of Consumers : - Limited information - Limited supplies - Limited competition - Low literacy Duties of Consumers : - To purchase quality marked products such as ISI‚ AGMARK etc. - To ask for cash memo for the items purchased whenever possible. - To make
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Lindahl Pricing and Equilibrium – Proof of Pareto Optimality A Lindahl equilibrium is a method for finding the efficient level of provision for public goods. Recall that for public goods‚ in equilibrium all agents consume the same quantity but may face different prices1. As it is framed in our textbook‚ the Lindahl equilibrium occurs when the perunit price paid by each agent sums to the total per unit cost of the public good. The Graph We start with a good ol’ fashioned demand curve for a public
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Experiment 19 - Determination of the equilibrium constant for the reaction Fe3+ (aq) + SCN( (aq) = FeSCN2+ (aq) Object: To determine the equilibrium constant by a colorimetric method Theory: Colorimetric methods of analysis are usually applied to the determination of small concentrations of either inorganic or organic materials in a solution. The constituent sought must be coloured or must be capable of reacting with a reagent to produce a substance having a suitable colour. Beers Law‚ which
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Required: Show that the equilibrium condition and consumer equilibrium under both cardinal and ordinal utility theory are identical. They both assume that the consumer is rational. Consumer equilibrium‚ under cardinal utility theory‚ is achieved when the sufficient condition is met. That is‚ the total expenditure is equal to the consumer’s income. If a consumer is assumed to consumes two commodities only X and Y‚ then: Utility is a function of Y and X; U = f(X‚Y)…………………………..i Let the price
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Le Chatelier’s principle and chemical equilibrium systems Jan Samuel Matuba‚ Mark Cel Gonzaga Chemical Engineering Department‚ College of Engineering‚ University of the Philippines‚ Diliman 1100 ------------------------------------------------- January 11‚ 2012 DISCUSSION Reaction rates determine the speed at which products are formed from the reactants. Expressed as concentration divided by time‚ reaction rates measure the rate of disappearance of the reactants‚ and‚ conversely‚ the rate
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DATE PERFORMED: JANUARY 6‚ 2011 SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC DETERMINATION OF THE EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT OF A REACTION ABSTRACT The objective of the experiment was to determine the equilibrium constant of the reaction forming ferric thiocyanate through the use of Spectrophotometry. For the calibration‚ five standard solutions were prepared‚ then their respective absorbance values that were obtained through the use of the spectrophotometer‚ were plotted versus the concentration of the analyte so that a calibration
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Chapter 1 – consumer behavior 1. Decision making at margin marginal cost: the additional cost of consuming or producing one more unit of a good marginal benefit: the additional benefit of consuming or producing one more unit of good Utility: satisfaction derived from consuming units of good consumed in a given period of time Marginal utility: additional satisfaction gained from consuming an extra unit of good within a period of time 2. The law of diminishing utility marginal utility
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by the consumer is influenced by the level of consumer awareness achieved. By "consumerism" we mean the process of realizing the rights of the consumer as envisaged in the Consumer Protection Act (1986) and ensuring right standards for the goods and services for which one makes a payment. This objective can be achieved in a reasonable time frame only when all concerned act together and play their role. The players are the consumers represented by different voluntary non-government consumer organizations
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CONSUMER THEORY I Consumer theory – deals with how a consumer chooses the best bundle of goods he/she can afford. BUDGET CONSTRAINT To know which bundle of goods a consumer can afford‚ we have to look into the consumer’s budget constraint. We first assume that there are only two goods‚ say good x1 and x2. A consumer can choose from bundle A (3‚ 2) – 3 units of good 1 and 2 units of good 2; bundle B (6‚ 5) – 6 units of good 1 and 5 units of good‚ so forth. Given the price of good 1 (p1)‚
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