... the "slope" ofthe wage profile, which we measure by the ratio ofthe typical first raise to the amount of time until the first raise is given. As shown in row 10, the slope ofthe ... estimates of the effect ofthe minimum-wage increase on prices. The dependent variable in these models is the change in the logarithm ofthe price of a full meal at each store. The key independent ... to the employment model. The estimated coeffi- cient ofthe New Jersey dummy then pro- vides a test ofthe Pennsylvania control group. When we estimate these models, the coefficient of the...
... that people whoeat the most fastfood have the least understanding of howthese foods affect their weight and their health. Nor do theyhave the time or interest to explore the damage that excessive,indiscriminate ... afew ofthe popular foods that pack an enormous amount of calories into a few bites.One ofthe most extreme examples of these calorie-concentrated foods is what we have come to call fastfood a ... calories.12 THEFASTFOOD DIETc01.qxp 6/28/06 3:24 PM Page 12a side of deep-fat-fried french fries and a soft drink that cancontain the equivalent of 40 teaspoons of sugar.By the time your...
... of product differentiation. Movie-goers normally pay one price for all movie tickets, regardless ofthe popularity ofthe movie, the day ofthe week, and the time ofthe year. The analysis of ... causes ofthe persistence of the uniform-pricing regime, and Section 5 concludes.2. The puzzle2.1. General characteristics ofthe puzzleA movie theater offers a spectrum of products, each of which ... significant portion ofthe phenomenon.12These explanations and others do not applyto the movie-theater industry. We study the practice of uniform-pricing in movie theaters and explore the existing...
... in the persistence ofthe practice. The paper continues as follows. Section 2 presents the puzzle of uniform prices at the movie theater, studies the patterns ofthe demand for movies at the theater, ... of product differentiation. Movie-goers normally pay one price for all movie tickets, regardless ofthe popularity ofthe movie, the day ofthe week, and the time ofthe year. The analysis of ... significant portion ofthe phenomenon.12These explanations and others do not applyto the movie-theater industry. We study the practice of uniform-pricing in movie theaters and explore the existing...
... 3months of patent expiry in the US. The growth of generic share of scripts reflects not only increased generic penetration of compoundsthat are off-patent but also the growing number of major ... 2005).Similarly,for the BigFour Federal programs (the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Public Health Service and the Coast Guard) the Federal Ceiling Pricemandates ... othermajor agencies such as the US FDAor the European Medicines Agency (EMA). Following the thalidomide tragedy and the strengthening of safety and efficacy requirements in the...
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... based on their NPV ranking. The WACC is the nancing cost ofthe project, calculated as the weighted average ofthe cost of debt and equity. The precise weighting is determined by the capital ... Academic A liate of The Analysis Group, Senior Economist at the Montreal Economic Institute, member ofthe board ofthe Agency for Public–Private Partnerships of Québec, member oftheIndustry Canada ... and shorten the length ofthe local loop, the telephone companies need to increase the number of central o ces. This is also a way to strengthen the transmission performance of their DSL modems.viii...
... ofthe global forest products industry 1Forest industry and the global carbon cycle 52. The role of forests in sequestering and storing carbon 7Carbon in the world’s forests 7Effects ofthe ... studied. The findings of these studies have been varied, partly because ofthe different assumptions they make regarding effects on forest carbon and what happens to used products at the end ofthe ... forest products. The fate ofthe degradable fraction of carbon in landfills (the fraction that is not stored) is also very important to the life cycle profile of forest products. Of particular...
... bulk of their credit card receivables in their own portfolios. The amount of credit they could offer was limited by the availability and cost of 9 The default experiences reported in the ... more ofthe following federal agencies: the Board of Governors ofthe Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Report to the Congress on Practices ofthe Consumer ... Board of Governors ofthe Federal Reserve System (2005), The Profitability of Credit Card Operations of Depository Institutions, annual report submitted to the Congress pursuant to section 8 of the...
... chapter the results ofthe study will be presented. The chapter begins with a brief background ofthe two restaurants, followed by the analysis ofthe data we collected from our respondents with the ... profile, when compared with the customer profile sample of both fastfood restaurants, one check was carried out. Our respondent’s demographic profile was compared with the customer profile of ... STATEMENTDue to thefast change in the global market and increase competition, management of brand has become of importance.Building of strong brand equity is the top most priority of many fastfood restaurants,...
... allow the firms offastfood sold fastfood in the canteen. It can make some students to feel unhappy. Because, they are similarity with the appearing offastfood in their lunch, fastfood ... ). With the developing of the industryoffast food, there are many firm offast food, opened many restaurants in Vietnam. They have to compete with each other to have the highest profits. In ... countries, fastfood is the first choice ofthe youth. Therefore, there are many kinds offastfood to choose people like pizza, hotdog etc. Nowadays, we can see many restaurant offastfood over the...
... support,despite the comparative ease of carrying out such attacks and the im-plications they pose for the economic, social, and political stability of the United States. Serious assessments ofthe threat ... infected, the scare resulted in the destruction of 4,000 tons of animal feed and 500,000 pounds of liquidfat at a cost of $4 million. An earlier case in Wisconsin involved the contamination of silagewith ... the United States. The effects of a concerted bio-assault on the U.S. food basewould be far-reaching and could extend beyond the immediate agri-cultural community to affect other segments of...