Gasoline Prices - The Supply‚ Demand and Competition Gasoline Prices - The Supply‚ Demand and Competition Each time I fill up my car at the gas pump I often wonder why gas prices fluctuate the way they do. What factors really contribute to this growing consumer issue? The price of crude oil is by far the main determinant in gasoline prices. Other contributing factors include the speed in which retail gas prices adjust to changes in crude oil and wholesale gas prices‚ refinery profit
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Elasticity Dr. Sushma Shukla Adjunct Assistant Professor Economics North Virginia Community College 1 Elasticity • In economics‚ elasticity is the measurement of how changing one economic variable affects others. For example: i. "If I lower the price of my product‚ how much more will I sell?“ ii. "If I raise the price of one good‚ how will that affect sales of this other good?“ iii. "If we learn that a resource is becoming scarce‚ will people scramble to acquire it?" 2 Price
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main pricing decisions for its range of iPhones. The first one is a skimming price decision and the second one is a penetration pricing decision. 1. Skimming price decision When Apple first launched the new iPhone 3GS‚ it made a skimming price decision which means it aims to sell to the top of the market and focuses on maximizing profits in short term so it could recover the research and development costs. 2. Penetration pricing decision As the iPhones have moved through their product life
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Price elasticity of demand (PED) is the responsiveness of quantity demanded in relation to the price. Normally as price increases for an elastic good the quantity demanded will fall. This is affected by how many close substitutes there are for the good and if the good is a luxury good (jewelry) or a necessary good (food). If the price of a certain type of cheese increases‚ less will be demanded because there are many substitutes available such as other brands of cheese. The inelasticity of demand
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gasoline fell by only 35 percent. Source: The New York limes‚ October 13‚ 2005 1. Calculate the price elasticity of demand for gasoline implied by what most studies have found. (2.90-1.90/1.90)= 52.6 2. Compare the elasticity implied by the data for the period from September 2004 to September 2005 with that implied by most studies. What might explain the difference? Considering the elasticity is greater than 1 this means that this good is very elastic‚ so elastic that it is not as heavily affected
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Principles of Macroeconomics‚ 9e - TB1 (Case/Fair/Oster) Chapter 3 Demand‚ Supply‚ and Market Equilibrium 3.1 Firms and Households: The Basic Decision Making Units 1 Multiple Choice 1) Michael Dell was the first individual who sold computers by mail order. The company founded by Dell is now one of the largest and most successful computer companies in the United States. Michael Dell would be classified as a(n) A) entrepreneur. B) opportunist. C) monopolist
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Demand‚ Supply and Market Price Determination Consumer behaviour Utility is the economist’s term for the satisfaction a customer derives from the goods that they buy. Marginal utility is the increase in total utility arising from an increase in consumption by one more. For example‚ suppose I like eating bananas‚ and I have already eaten one banana; then the satisfaction I get from consuming a second banana is called by economists the marginal utility. Marginal utility is the utility gain from
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Microeconomics: week 4 September 22‚ 2011 Effects of Supply and Demand on the Price of Oil Each time you pull up to the pump or open your utility bill‚ you may notice the price of fuel may have changed. There are many factors that can influence fuel prices. The marketplace forces of supply and demand determine the price of fuel. If demand grows or if a disruption in supply occurs‚ there will be upward pressure on prices. By the same token‚ if demand falls or there is an oversupply of product in the
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Historical Example of Labor Supply and Demand 1 Historical Example of Labor Supply and Demand Rose Fromm Axia College‚ University of Phoenix XECO/212 Historical Example of Labor Supply and Demand 2 Historical Example of Labor Supply and Demand One of the most severe disastrous economic incidents that ever happened was called the great depression which‚ had formed in 1929 and lasted until 1939. The Great Depression caused many businesses to drastically reduce spending in order to
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TABLE OF CONTENT TABLE OF CONTENT………………………………….1 1. INTRODUCTION……………………………….2 2. DEMAND AND SUPPLY………………………3 1. Factors affecting demand………………………...3 2. Factors affecting supply…………………………..7 3. The new market equilibrium……………………..9 3. INTERVENTION IN THE MARKET………..11 4. CONCLUSION…………………………………12 REFERENCE……………………………………….......13 1. Introduction -Brief the banking industry. Australia has a well capitalized banking
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