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) of Hungarian and Romanian consumers following food price changes as a result of accession to the European Union (EU) in … basket of 16 products. The results show that real food prices have changed with some going up and others falling. However …, overall both Hungary and Romania have experienced a rise in real food prices by 9 per cent and 20 per cent, respectively. The …
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This study examines Tennessee and Pennsylvania consumers market participation for environmentally certified hardwood … the effects of scope of certification and demographics on premium amounts, and builds profiles of consumers who are …, young, female and low-income consumers had consistently positive influence on willingness to pay. Consumers who indicated …
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affect consumer prices, and (iii) international trade is disregarded. Results in this paper indicate that these limitations …
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During this question and answer session, Peter Drucker answers questions from his talks entitled "American Economy and Society: Major Structural Changes and How to Capitalize Them" and "From Computer Literacy to Information Literacy." During the question and answer session, he talks about:...
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markets based on wages and prices. Firms experiment with prices and employment levels to maximize their profits. We developed …-firm economies converge toward the competitive equilibria typified by lower prices and higher output and employment, but also suffer …
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. However, we find that competition also leads to churn by consumers seeking lower prices, making it difficult for firms to … optimize with respect to wages, prices, and employment levels. Thus, competitive firms generate market ''noise'' in the steady … multiple-firm economies converge toward the competitive equilibria typified by lower prices and higher output and employment …
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A Multivariate Discriminant Analysis is described, aimed at predicting the direction of changes in the Hong Kong tender price index by utilising the patterns of change in eight leading economic indicators. Two discriminant functions are derived which distinguish between ‘upward’,...
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This study focuses on hedging effectiveness defined as the proportionate price risk reduction created by hedging. By mathematical and simulation analysis we determine the following: (a) the regression R2 in the hedge ratio regression will generally overstate the amount of price risk reduction...
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Agricultural producers and input suppliers must regularly make decisions based on forecasts; however, most publicly … available forecasts are for outputs. Research has shown the importance of being a low-cost operator. Thus, focusing on inputs … prices. Results suggest diesel fuel prices forecasted using the crude oil or heating oil futures market are reasonably …
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Hedging effectiveness is the proportion of price risk removed through hedging. Empiricalhedging studies typically estimate a set of risk minimizing hedge ratios, estimate the hedgingeffectiveness statistic, apply the estimated hedge ratios to a second group of data, and examinethe robustness of...
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