Firms with some market power can increase profits by practicing either direct price discrimination or indirect price discrimination. Direct price discrimination arises when the market can be segmented into sub populations on the basis of readily observable characteristics. Each of the segments has a different elasticity of demand and subsequently is charged a different price. Arbitrage must be prevented for this type of discrimination to be applicable. Profits are maximized by equating the marginal
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Listening‚ speaking‚ reading and writing are four of the most essential steps for people learning a new language. English is not my first language‚ it is my third‚ and I have spent a lot of time and effort to going through these steps. As an individual learning a new language‚ I can definitely say it is hard. Believe me‚ there is no way that a person can learn to run before he learns how to walk; the same applies to learning a new language like English. One of my English teachers from De Anza College
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The piece is a conversation between a four year old (Tom) and his teacher‚ they are discussing drawings Tom has made. While Tom only makes few mistakes in his speech it is obvious that he is still developing the ability to speak. The teacher communicates with Tom using child directed speech‚ this can been seen with him often emphasising certain words such as “YOU” in sentences. This ensures his point is clear to tom who might not understand that it is his choice and not the teachers. The teacher
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SHE LOOKS SO PERFECT- Hey‚ hey‚ hey‚ hey Hey‚ hey‚ hey‚ hey Hey‚ hey‚ hey‚ hey Hey‚ hey‚ hey‚ hey Simmer down‚ simmer down They say we’re too young now to amount to anything else But look around We work too damn hard for this just to give it up now If you don’t swim‚ you’ll drown But don’t move‚ honey You look so perfect standing there In my American Apparel underwear And I know now‚ that I’m so down Your lipstick stain is a work of art I got your name tattooed in an arrow heart And I know now
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A guide to writing an academic paper By Valerie Strauss I keep hearing from college professors that too many of their students don’t write well. So here’s a primer written for college students on how to write an academic paper‚ though some of the advice would be useful for anybody writing anything. The author is Steven Horwitz‚ a professor of economics at St. Lawrence University in Canton‚ NY. He is the author of two books‚ Microfoundations and Macroeconomics: An Austrian Perspective and Monetary
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Causes: • Britain and Germany were competing to have the most powerful navy in the world. This caused tension in Europe. • The Scramble for Africa (when European countries had tried to get as many colonies as they could) had led to many small conflicts around the world. This meant that some of the major European powers were not very friendly towards each other. • The French were very distrustful of the Germans as a result of the war in 1870-1871 that the Germans had won. • The alliance systems
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Descartes starts by doubting everything (“I will suppose then‚ that everything I see is spurious”) and thinks that anything which admits the slightest doubt must be false. He attempts to find something which he is unable to doubt and if he cannot he must conclude He contends that he is not able to doubt his existence. Even if there is a deceiving god who is constantly deceiving him about the world‚ he still must exist‚ as he must exist in order to be deceived. (“I am‚ I exist”). He then tries
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Pronunciation mistakes that students often encounter. From the results of Table 1‚ the data revealed the word stress errors of first- year students student often committed considered as the most popular problem (41). In 2005‚ Gilbert raised one reason which explained the reason why students often encountered this mistake that students tended to think that word stress is some sort of added decoration‚ or else they do not notice it at all. Moreover‚ word stress is big challenge for Vietnamese students
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It is in the third antinomy where Kant addresses the possibility of freedom with causal necessity. Transcendental freedom is only possible for Kant if both the thesis and the antithesis of the dialectic are shown to be correct. By demonstrating both the thesis and the antithesis to be correct‚ Kant hopes to show that applying the question of freedom to the unconditioned totality of appearances is bound to lead towards irreconcilable errors. It is only by accepting the transcendental idealist position
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MBA(EXEECUTIVE/RETAIL) II SEMESTER BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT ASSIGNMENT-I 1 Discuss how does the environment acts as a stimulant to business. Analyse why business often does little for physical environment preservation despite the fact that it is significant for business activity. 2. Analyse the Monetary and Fiscal Policies practiced in India in recent years.How far shall they be effective in curtailing the recent spurt in inflation? 3. How far does Indian corporate discharge
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