Price fixing assignment: 1. Why is price fixing an offense? Price fixing my cause market failures and distortions as it harms competition in a free market. This in turn adversely affects economic efficiency and consumer welfare. In India‚ price fixing and other such activities that have an adverse effect on competition are offense under Competition Act‚2002. In US‚ price fixing can be prosecuted as a criminal federal offense under section 1 of Sherman Antitrust Act. 2. What are the implications
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STUDY The topic is selected for the project is the Gold price fluctuations and gold as a investment. I selected this topic because of the change in the price of gold and people’s interest in investing in gold as an investment. This topic is selected due to the fluctuating nature of gold and changing trend of gold price. Nowadays people tend to invest their money in gold so as they can increase their investment according to the price of gold at that particular period. Of all the precious
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many buyers in the market‚ high barrier market entry and exit‚ price maker in the market and spend money in advertisement. It has a few of competitors‚ such as Samsung Galaxy S2 (RM2099)‚ HTC One X (RM2099)‚ Motorola Rarz (RM1999)‚ Sony Xperia S (RM1899) and Nokia Lumia 900 (RM1799). To enter oligopoly market‚ it has a high barrier. Therefore‚ Apple is the price maker. Their products are inelastic which means that the products price change would not make a big difference in the quantity demanded
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effect of gasoline price increases in the aftermath of the Persian Gulf crisis in August 1990 on gasoline consumption was not very significant. Would you expect the consumption of gasoline to be more severely affected if these higher prices remained in effect for a year or more ? Why or why not ? Based on the law of demand define the typical relationship between the price and quantity demands. Consumer would tend to purchase more when the price is low and lesser when the price of gasoline is
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Food Prices and Supply Kirk Condyles for The New York Times Updated: July 26‚ 2012 In the summer of 2012‚ scorching heat and the worst drought in nearly a half-century sent food prices up‚ spooking consumers and leading to worries about global food costs. On July 25‚ the United States government said it expected the record-breaking weather to drive up the price for groceries in 2013‚ including milk‚ beef‚ chicken and pork. The drought has affected 88 percent of the corn crop‚ a staple of processed
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Despite of continuous claims of curbing price rise making by the government‚ prices of commodities rose by more than 300 per cent in comparison with the per capita income in the past one year. The prices are soaring up more than the income in India. The middle class are being hit hardly with the price rise. According to a study‚ the prices of eight essential commodities such as wheat‚ pulses‚ tea‚ coffee‚ sugar‚ spices and non-vegetarian products has increased at an average of 19 percent in
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PRICE RANGE OF PRODUCTS Above is the price range of all Apple products between the years of 1975 to present. Steve Jobs manufactured products that were not just far advanced than other products in the same category‚ but they were also out of reach for most consumers. When Apple Computer launch its Apple II in 1977‚ it cost $1‚298 and if you wanted a more powerful version it would cost you a twice that amount. In 1984‚ Apple Computer released the Macintosh at a price of $2‚495. At these prices
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COMPUTRON INC. CASE I. Problem Identification: What bid price should Computron Inc. set‚ so that the Computron can achieve management’s profits target‚ match the customer’s requirement and be competitive with respect to the competitors? II. Alternatives: 1) Bid Price: $ 746‚880.00 within 20% offered by Digitex pricing of $ 622‚400. - Will sell less than factory cost of $ 768‚000‚ hence no profit and reduces cash flow required for future investments. - Computron will lose premium quality
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Price elasticity of demand (PED) is a measure of how much the quantity demanded changes when there is a change in the price of the product. It can be calculated using the formula: PED= Percentage change in Qd of the product/ Percentage change in price of the product. When determining the price elasticity of demand‚ there are many possible outcomes which range from zero to infinity. If the PED value is between zero and one‚ then elasticity is said to be “Inelastic”‚ meaning there would be less
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he government on Wednesday decided to raise petrol prices by Rs 5 per litre and diesel by Rs 3 per litre that will result in freight charges going up. Currently‚ freight charges are about Rs 1.40 per tonne per km with an average of about 450-500 km for a company normally. “The fuel price hike will have a cascading impact on all input costs. Cement prices will be impacted by about Rs 3-4 per 50 kg bag‚ and if we are not able to pass on the hike‚ it will definitely impact our margins‚” said KC Birla
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