Price Problem Produced

Price can be dated back to mankind's earliest forms of barter or trade,when our ancient ancestors were counting small seashells used for exchanging goods amongst one another,from these primitive origins price has passed down to to- day's society. And now in the modern era,we could never live without a tiny label that has an item's price on it.Everything has a price,and with large price fluctuations from changes in the market,a price problem has been produced.     

Rice Price under Pressure

Early in April,the FOB (Free on Board) value of rice exported from Bang- kok,Thailand,the biggest rice exporter of the world,surged to a new high of USS730 per ton,representing an increase of 70 per- cent in recent years,and setting a new re- cord over the past 34 years of Thailand rice exports.As a result,the average price of rice in the global market has increased by 25 percent.In order to ease the grain short- age,rice exporters have begun to search for solutions.In the Philippines,which is the biggest rice importer of the world,restrain- ing grain sales have been prohibited by the government and other measures,such as the purchase of overseas grain to fill re- serves,have also been taken.     

More Updates on Price

Fixed-asset investment prices:8.6% 1' Prices indices of fixed-asset investment rose 8.6 percent year-on-year in the first quarter,said the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on April 23.This NBS report represents for the first time that fixed-asset investment prices indices were re- ported on a quarterly basis;previously,the index was calculated once a year. Driven by rises of building material prices and labor costs,the cost of construction and in- stallation engineering,which represents about 60 percent of total expenditures on fixed assets,went up 12.4 percent.     

Pressure on Food Price？

Under the impacts of natural disasters, this year＇s summer grain yield per hectare reached 4.4893 thousand kg, a 0.4% decrease of 20.4 kg from that of last year. Du Zhixiong, researcher from the Rural Development Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that although the summer grain yield per hectare dropped, the wheat production exceeded last year and the main grain production regions such as North China kept a stable growth of production. The overall sound performance of Chinese grain production and the huge grain stocks substantially lessened the impacts of the 0.3% slight drop on the grain supply.     

What the Price War Brought

China'sconsumptionmarkethascontinueditspricefallrecentlyColorTVsetshaveloweredtheirprices,ashavecomputers,telecommunications,micro-waveovens,garments,wineandsomerealestate.Tomostconsumers,pricefallsaregoodnews.Butasthepricefallsexpand,whatdoesitmeantoChina'sdomesticdemandexpansionandconsumptionmarketmotivation?Whatistherealsignificance?WhatdoessuchawidemarginofpricefallsdotoChina'seconomicdevelopment.Thishasdrawtheconcernofallfields.Howdoesthepricewarhappen?Aftertwodecadesofhigh-speedgrowt…     

Real Estate Price Continues to Rise

It is predicted by Current Price Situation and Future Trend Analysis issued by Research Bureau of People's Bank of China that the increase rate of Consumer Price Index (CPI) will be between 3% and 3.5% and the GDP growth rate this year will be 8.7%. The report predicts that in the price of main factors of production,     

Who Monopolizes China''''s Oil Price?

In recent years, oil prices have goneup many bines in China. What is the-cause of this? And what is the forcecontrolling China's oil price? To find outthe answer, Jiang Fan and Jia Liyan,correspondents from Economic Monthly,had an interview with Dr. Chen Huai, aresearch fellow with the State CouncilDevelopment and Research Chenter.Administrative Force Interferes withthe Oil Price Correspondent: Since December1998, China's oil price has gone up onsix occasions in succession, while the…     

A Price War Among Air-Conditioner Makers

OnApril5,sixair-conditionerproducersconcludedanagreementinNanjingtoshieldeachother,announcingnottoraiseapricewaronthemarketatatimewhenHiSenseandChunlan,twootherairconditionermakers,hadlaunchedaprice-cuttingoffensivelastFebruary.ThesixproducersareHaief,Gree,Medi,Changhong,BolcarandShinco.OnAPrillO,Chunlan,theleadeintheindustryonceagainannouncedapricecutonitsl9IyPesofwall-hangingandcabinetair-conditioners.ThereductionwasworthuptoRMBlOO().Undertheheavypressureofthemarket,onAprill5Shinco…     

Moderate Price Hikes Expected in 2003

China faces less pressure for deflation this year than in 2002 although prices will continue to maintain at lower ranges. According to official estimates, prices of general residents consumption this year would slightly increase by 0.5%, and retail commodities prices would fluctuate between -0.2% and 0.3%. Meanwhile, prices of certain means of production and industrial products will also slightly increase but not exceeding 3%,     

Price of Agricultural Products up 6.4%

The price of China‘s agricul-tural products saw a 6.4%increase year-on-year in the first quarter of 2005, a ccording to asurvey conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics.     

Fewer TV Makers Interesting in Price Wars

In May 2002, Changhong became the first Chinese firm to cut the higher end market share with its precision projection TVs. This prompted a chain reaction by other Chinese electronic companies. In just two months, TCL and Skyworth spearheaded into the market with super low RMB29800 PDP color TVs. These moves marked a mile stone for China's manufacturers in making their ways to the higher end market. TCL and Skyworth have since taken hold their position as two major     

Trend of Price and Economic Development in 2005

The situation of the four major kinds of price in 2004-residents‘ consumption price, price of production means, interest rate, foreign exchange rate-became main concern from the domestic and international personages. By reviewing the market price in 2004, and analyzing the current price variables, we will easily find the prospects of Chinese economy and people‘s life in 2005.     

Product Oil Price Rise RMB300 per Ton

From April 1,10 days after the approval of rising product oil price by State Development and Reform Commission, Sinopec Group raised the ex-factory price of petrol, diesel oil, and naphtha. This indicates that the last retail price rising did not solve the cost pressure for oil refineries by international oil price raise. It is known that the product oil price of Sinopec raised RMB300 per ton and the price of diesel oil and naphtha raised RMB150 and RMB550 per ton respectively. The adjustment     

Can Banning Spatial Price Discrimination Improve Social Welfare?

We analyze a two-stage sequential-move model of location and pricing to identify firm’s location, output, and welfare. We consider two pricing regimes (mill pricing and spatial price discrimination) and, unlike previous literature, allow in each of them for a non-uniform population density, non-constant location costs (i.e., the setup costs, such rental costs and land prices, differ by firm’s location), and endogenous market boundaries. Under constant location costs, our results show the firm locates at the city center under both mill and discriminatory pricing, and that output is larger under spatial price discrimination. Welfare comparisons are, however, ambiguous. Under non-constant location costs, we find the optimal location can move away from the city center, and does not coincide across pricing regimes. Compared with mill pricing, spatial price discrimination generates a higher level of output. We also find that welfare is higher (lower) under mill than under discriminatory pricing when transportation rates are low (high, respectively).     

Price曲线在现代图书馆学中的研究与应用

介绍了数学方法在现代图书馆学中的应用,通过对现有Price（普赖斯）曲线的研究方法的对比分析,提出了Price（普赖斯）曲线中一种新的参数估计方法,新方法在现代图书馆的应用中更加简单、易行.     

Reduce Content or Raise Price? The Impact of Persuasion Knowledge and Unit Price Increase Tactics on Retailer and Product Brand Attitudes

This research investigates consumer reactions to the practice of increasing unit prices of products by either reducing product content or increasing total prices. Using pricing tactic persuasion knowledge (PTPK) as a lens for understanding, I predict that total price increases garner less favorable attitudes toward retailers for relatively low PTPK consumers, while content reductions garner less favorable attitudes toward product brands for relatively high PTPK consumers. The results of an experiment with a nationally representative sample of U.S. consumers support these asymmetric predictions about PTPK consumer segments as well as expectations about the underlying psychological processes.     

Price离职意向模型在非功能型离职中的应用

本文对于员工离职理论的分类进行了回顾，并深入分析了功能型和非功能型离职。同时简单回顾离职理论模型，详细分析了Price的离职意向模型，并且依据非功能型员工离职的特点对其进行修改，用于解释高绩效员工的主动离职情况。