This therefore helps the country’s economy to have more employment (Rebelo and Végh Gramont, 2006). Another thing for developing countries is that they may have to deal with high levels of inflation (Cowen 2013). This is because they have been poorly managed such as through money printing or they have a high level of economic growth which causes wages to increase. By having a fixed currency rate, they would not necessarily have high levels of inflation because the rate of inflation would be more similar to the country they fixed the currency too (Asici, Ivanova and Wyplosz,…
Firms will naturally want to make better products at cheaper costs in order to gain more profits in order to be able to compete with competition. If they are unable to do this, consumers will lose interest in their products and buy from their competition. They will do this through maximizing efficiency. Through this, both firms and consumers benefit as firms will make more profit and consumers will have better quality goods. Mercantilists on the other hand, believed strongly in the role of government.…
When theres more demand the equilibrium will increase and buyers will be willing to spend more so you would expect more of the product to be supplied. When suppliers supply more sellers need to expect to pay more for the supply being demanded. Thus raising price for the product, sellers, and consumers. The supply slope also interacts with the demand curve to determine how small or big the changes in price or quantity will be. If it was a vertical supply curve, it would be perfectly inelastic supply curve.…
An oligopolistic firm often realises that if that if it raises prices, the other major firms in the industry will likely see it as a good to widen their profit margins too without suffering much from the few other firms in the industry Sectorial inflation The term implies whenever any of the other three factors hits a basic industry causing inflation there and since the industry hit is a major supplier of many other industries, as for example steel is or oil is, that raises costs of the industries using say steel or oil and forces up prices there also, so inflation becomes more widespread throughout the economy, although it originated in just one basic sector. Effects of inflation on…
The objective of penetration pricing is to increase market share or sales volume. One of the advantages of penetration pricing is that it is able to encourage brand switching. When a new product is priced low, it is able to lure customers away from the other competitors. Another advantage is that it discourages the entry of competitors. Since the product is priced at a relatively low price, if other competitors were to enter the market and price their product at a lower price or at the same price, they would have to sell more products to break even.…
Develop own competencies and expand R&D This option will allow Merck to avoid the risks that come along with an acquisition. By developing its own competencies, Merck is able to develop human resources for its particular capability. However, as the industry is highly competitive, this option is not very attractive to Merck. New drug development and the ability to bring them to market is essential in the pharmaceutical industry, thus this option brings a resource and time constraint to light. 3.…
However a monopoly must lower price to increase output and sell it. Output will increase and be a lot more substantial than in a monopolistic competitive market. If a substantial amount of money is invested in inventory and it is not moving for some reason, the monopoly would lower prices as well. Fear of competition in a monopoly also works in the consumer’s favor by providing the consumer with improved products and better pricing. In a monopolistic competitive market, industries will produce as much as they can sell.…
The aggregate demand curve decrease will therefore decrease the price level (PL) and shift Y left to Y’ moving the economy further away from full employment (YF) and therefore causing negative growth, so to achieve economic growth loose monetary policy is the better of the two as it results in positive economic growth rather than negative economic growth. Free trade policies allow/give countries the opportunity to trade with a wider market and consumers have a broader range to purchase from. The free trade policy will mean firms will have to start producing a lot more as the selling market gets significantly larger, although they have to produce more the broader market will mean firms can purchase the goods needed for production, a lot cheaper to help them produce more. Firms being able to buy cheaper goods from overseas firms instead of buying them for a higher cost domestically will lead to a decrease in costs of production for firms and will lead to an increase in production and will therefore shift the aggregate supply curve to the…
Thinking back to basic economics if the demand goes up for a product the price usually increases. What makes price gouging different from that? The obvious answer being one’s during time of peace why the other is during the time of an emergency. For the economy this is an almost essential step for profit and growth. If the producers raise their prices they take in more income, that money eventually leads back to the state or business partners allowing more cash flow to regulate in the state than there would have been.…
Supply siders reason that if producers are taxed less, you have the capacity to produce more, hence swelling the supply of goods and services in the economy, resulting in lower prices. Furthermore, if investment income is taxed a lesser amount, investors will finance more capital in the methods of production, which will likewise increase the supply of goods and services and lower prices. Moreover, supply-siders maintain that government regulation hinders production and slows down the economy. Thus, it essential for the economy to reduce any regulation’s impeding production. Though less significant from a fiscal perspective, supply siders also claim that reducing tax charges can increase the tax revenues collected.…