Exercises in Pricing Question 1: Wheeler Feed Mills Wheeler Feed Mills Ltd. has a production capacity of 10 MT per hour. The cattlefeed is packed in 50 kg jute gunny bags. During the last three years‚ the company had seen a growth as follows: Year 1997‐8 1998‐9 1999‐0 Sales in MT 26208 32236 39972 % over Prev.Yr 18% 23% 24% The company operates three shifts a day on all days. Sunday is earmarked for weekly maintenance. The product’s price is Rs.1.25 per kg including sales tax of 10%
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In her article “What About Us?”‚ Sylvia Harvey maintains that mass incarceration separates millions of kids from their parents. As the author herself puts it “Among the many collateral consequences of mass incarceration is its impact on children‚ and the number who are affected is staggering.” I’m of two minds about Harvey’s contention that extended family visitation should be reconsidered. On the one hand‚ Harvey gives some convincing evidence that without extended family visitation‚ the majority
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Dichotomous Asset Pricing Model Evidence from the UK market 1. Introduction Ever since its introduction by Sharpe-Lintner-Black‚ the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) has been subject to criticism‚ appraisal and continuous efforts for improvement‚ such as the Reward Beta approach (Bornholt‚ 2007)‚ conditional CAPM or the consumption CAPM. The Dichotomous Asset Pricing Model (DAPM)‚ introduced by Professor Liang Zou at the Universiteit van Amsterdam‚ brings a fresh approach to asset pricing and contributes
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The Summary of both Klein (2005)‚ and Eva and Normans (2005) articles: Many factors affect the clinician’s cognition and lead to astray the clinician while decision making. Doctors’ decision making has high effect on patient’s health‚ thus‚ their decision making should be at high quality level as possible. In addition‚ they need to be aware about the pitfalls of their decision to avoid any possible errors from occurrence. Decision making can be so hasty due to the huge number of the patients‚ short
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1. The main points of Debbie Fields’ presentation were composed of a four part recipe that combines to make quality. The first part of the recipe is passion‚ which means finding something that you love and pursue it. The logic behind doing what you love is that you are going to be more likely to want to complete a goal that involves a passion rather than one that they are not very enthusiastic about. The second ingredient of Mrs. Fields’ recipe is perfection‚ which translates to always giving it
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TAXATION RATING 6/10 advantages: -Higher price --> less supplied and consumed of demerit goods. Increase in consumer welfare. -Government gains revenue. -Tax receipts can be used to further help with problem e.g. Taxing alcoholic drinks and using the receipts to add funding to the NHS or policing. Disadvantages: -If demand is very income inelastic (e.g. cigarettes) then consumption would not greatly reduce-> potential for black market. If consumption does remain the same then taxation is just
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I waited patiently by the bench in what all Harvey Mudd chemistry majors call the "Super Lab‚" staring for what seemed to be hours at a small flask bubbling with something that looked like a cross between Pepto-Bismol and whipped cream. I was waiting for the color to turn just the right shade of blue before I could go home for a late dinner‚ but it was obvious that this solution was as far from blue as baseball is from rugby. I realized then that "Super Lab" was not so Super‚ and neither was a career
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evidence is very mixed. So the debate on the validity of the CAPM remains a questionable issue. keywords: CAPM‚ CAPM’s variants‚ Assumptions‚ Literature Survey. JEL Classification: G11. 1. Introduction The traditional capital assets pricing model (CAPM)‚ always the most widespread model of the financial theory‚ was prone to harsh criticisms not only by the academicians but also by the experts in finance. Indeed‚ in the last few decades an enormous body of empirical researches has gathered
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ONCOLOGY PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICING: Cancer medication prices have been increasing since 15 years and has been affecting the patients as well the American Healthcare System. Cancer treatments cost nearly 20% to 30% of total out- of- pocket expenses for the patient and a financial burden of $20000 to $30000 per year. I hereby present a few facts about prescription drug pricing in U.S.A for oncology[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]:- • According to IMS Institute of Health Informatics‚ prescription
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CAPM vs. APT Asset Pricing Model are very useful tools that enable financial annalists or just simply independent investors evaluate the risk in an specific investment and at the same time set a specific rate of return with respect the amount of risk of an individual investment or a portfolio. The CAPM method while simpler than the ATP method takes into consideration the factor of time and does not get too wrapped up over the Systematic risk factors that sometimes we can not control. In this paper
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