23% Toyota 18% Daimler-Chrysler 16% All others 15% a) What is the four firm concentration ratio? b) What is the approximate Herfindahl-Hirschman Index? 2. Assume an oligopolist confronts two possible demand curves for its own output‚ as illustrated below. The first (A) prevails if other oligopolists don’t match price changes. The second (B) prevails if rivals do match price changes. Price ($) $10 9 8 7 6 5
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this strategy? A. $4‚800 B. $200 C. $5‚000 D. $5‚200 E. None of these is correct The following price quotations on IBM were taken from the Wall Street 2. Journal. The premium on one IBM February 90 call contract is A. $4.1250 B. $418.00 C. $412.50 D. $158.00 E. None of these is correct 3. A put on Sanders stock with a strike price of $35 is priced at $2 per share‚ while a call with a strike price of $35 is priced at $3.50. The maximum per-share loss to the writer of an uncovered put is __________
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A futures contract is a standardized contract that is traded on a futures market. Traders buy and sell futures contracts with either of two intentions. There are individuals that are considered a hedger‚ such as farmers‚ assemblers‚ agricultural input suppliers and so on. A hedger is someone who wants to avoid or at least minimize price risk at all costs (Cheney‚ 2012). There are also people that are considered a speculator. Recently I have become a speculator within the wheat futures market. Wheat
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What can we say about the price elasticity of demand for nicotine products (such as cigarettes‚ pipes‚ tobacco) in the group of nicotine addicted users‚ versus the group of "social smokers"? Price elasticity of demand is defined as the percentage change in quantity demanded divided by the percentage change in price. (Douglas‚ E.‚ (2012) sec. 4.2) The price elasticity of demand is the same for addicted users and social smokers. Smoking is an expensive habit. In Mississippi where I live tax on a
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Examples of investment centers include a division of a manufacturing company‚ a large geographical territory of a hotel chain‚ and a geographical territory consisting of several stores in a retail company. 13-5 [pic] 13-6 A division’s ROI can be improved by improving the sales margin‚ by improving the capital turnover‚ or by some combination of the two. The manager of the automobile division of an insurance company could improve the
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The importance of price in the modern economic system not be overemphasized. However‚ to set the right price for any commodity or service‚ some parameters or determinants come to play. Among the determinants of factoring price are:- • Tender • Sales by Auction • Haggling etc‚ and these are discussed below. 1. Interaction of the forces of Demand and Supply:- In a perfectly competitive market or what is sometimes referred to as a free market economy‚ prices are determined by
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• Zagreb‚ Croatia Electricity price forecasting – ARIMA model approach Tina Jakaša #1‚ Ivan Andročec #2‚ Petar Sprčić *3 Hrvatska elektroprivreda Ulica grada Vukovara 37‚ Zagreb‚ Croatia 2 # tina.jakasa@hep.hr ivan.androcec@hep.hr 1 * HEP Trade Ulica grada Vukovara 37‚ Zagreb‚ Croatia 2 petar.sprcic@hep.hr Abstract— Electricity price forecasting is becoming more important in everyday business of power utilities. Good forecasting models can increase effectiveness of producers
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Price Elasticity of Supply * Price Elasticity of Supply: * The degree of price elasticity of supply depends on how easily - and therefore quickly - producers can shift resources between alternative uses. Unlike PED‚ there is no Total Revenue Test for Price Elasticity of Supply. * Because there is a direct relationship between Price & Total revenue‚ they always move together. DETERMINANT OF PRICE ELASTICITY OF SUPPLY: TIME! THREE PERIODS: Market period--> short run --> long
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affecting demand: * Price of Substitutes- An increase in the price of a good’s substitute will increase demand for the good. * Price of Complements- An increase in the price of a good’s complement will decrease demand for the good. * Consumers’ Income- A rise in income increases the demand for normal goods and decreases the demand for inferior goods. * Consumers’ Expectations- If consumers expect a product’s quality to increase in the near future‚ they will have a lower demand for the product
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ABOUT RECENT PRICE HIKE IN Bangladesh | March 4 2010 | Prepared For-Kaikobad Rana Sir | Submitted By-Overcome Group | Group Members Of Overcome- * Group Leader- MD Sazzadur Rahman Chowdhury ID-082011013‚ Sec-A‚ 3rd Semester * Administrator- Riad Morshed Chowdhury ID-082011012‚ Sec-A‚ 3rd Semester * Researcher- A.F.M Maruf Rahman ID-082011035‚ Sec-A‚ 3rd Semester * Members- MD Rafiqul Islam ID-082011022‚ Sec-A‚ 3rd Semester Atiqur Rahman ID-082011017
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