Case Study 1: Transaction pricing in a recessionary economy Our client is an FMCG major that sells its products across many large and small retailers. The client is facing pressure from one such large retailer to cut prices across brands and categories. The client is therefore losing money on several products. Our client would like to use analytics to bring in some science into the pricing decision. Our analysis should help the client decide what pricing strategies should be applied to each product
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1) They would undertake a defensive open market sale. 18) Flexibility: Open market operations can be used to conduct a small purchase or sale of securities. Conversely‚ if the desired change in reserves or the base is very large‚ the open market operations tool is strong enough to do the job through a very large purchase or sale of securities Reversibility: Open market operations are easily reversed. If a mistake is made in conducting an open market operation‚ the Fed can immediately reverse
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1. The state of California recently considered passing a tax on the services of doctors in that state in order to raise revenue to pay for universal health coverage for California residents. Suppose the average open heart surgery costs $100‚000‚ and at that price 23‚339 surgeries are performed each year. Fully explain what the most likely outcome would be in this market if a tax on surgeries is implemented. Use a graph if it will help. 2. Price Changes and Responses by Consumers | Price
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Economics TOPIC 4: AGGREGATE DEMAND (AD)/ AGGREGATE SUPPLY (AS) MODEL Learning Objectives • Understand AD and AD curve • Discuss factors shifting AD curve • Understand AS and AS curve • Discuss factors shifting AS curve • Understand Macroeconomic equilibrium LO1 Aggregate Demand (AD) • AD refers to the real GDP demanded • • • at each price level. Y = AD = C + I + G + (X – M) There is an inverse relationship between real GDP demanded and the price level. AD curve is downward
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Chapter 2 MCQ’s 1) According to the Law of Demand‚ the demand curve for a good will A) shift leftward when the price of the good increases. B) shift rightward when the price of the good increases. C) slope downward. D) slope upward. Answer: C 2) An increase in the price of pork will lead to A) a movement up along the demand curve. B) a movement down along the demand curve. C) a rightward shift of the demand curve. D) a leftward shift of the demand curve. Answer: A 3) An increase in consumer incomes
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Price - Elastic Products With the question as stated: When would you want to own a business that sells price-elastic products? I think that any time could be a good time to own a price-elastic business. Obviously‚ the most opportune time would be when the economy is in the state that it is in today. The best kind of business to be in would be a store like Wal-Mart. Because the fact that Wal-Mart can offer almost countless products for sale‚ the price point on any one product can cause a great
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Crashing Projects Exercise Given below is the information for the IT project we discussed in our Week 5 commentary and its network diagram. In the Week 5 commentary‚ we crashed the project by three days‚ i.e.‚ from 20 to 17 days by crashing Activity C for two days and Activity F by a day. Now proceeding from here: Activity ID Predecessor Normal Time (Days) Crash Time (Days) Normal Cost Crash Cost ($’000) ($’000) A - 5 2 $100 $205 B - 6 3 $140 $205 C - 7 5 $140 $200 D A‚ B 6 2 $100 $340
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co 550 Assignment 3 Assignment 3 1. Some games of strategy are cooperative. One example is deciding which side of the road to drive on. It doesn’t matter which side it is as long as everyone chooses the same side. Otherwise‚ everyone may get hurt. a. Does either player have a dominant strategy? Explain. I don’t believe that either player has a dominant strategy. Dominant strategy is “a strategy that results in the best outcome or highest payoff to a given player no matter what action
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BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY Department of Economics Economics 10a Mr. Coiner Introduction to Microeconomics Fall‚ 2012 Problem Set 2 1. This question examines the impact of 5 events on the market for large automobiles with relatively low gas mileage and relatively high emission levels (think Hummer). Answer each part separately. For each event‚ indicate which curve (D or S) shifts‚ indicate in which direction (left or right) it shifts‚ and show in a demand-supply diagram in which
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Topic 10: The Transition Period I. The Free Trade Era in Europe. During the mercantilist era‚ trade was seen as a zero-sum game: one country’s gain was another country’s loss. If Spain imported more from England that she exported to England‚ she had to send specie to England to make up the difference. In the mercantilist view‚ this was viewed as a loss for Spain and a gain for England. So‚ countries established policies to encourage favorable trade balances: they subsidized export industries
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