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Taxing Carbon Is Like Taxing Diamonds - 0 views

www.huffingtonpost.com/...bon-is-like-tax_b_3965170.html supply elasticity demand taxation
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  • Jean Pierre L on 21 Oct 13
     
    This article shows how a carbon tax would operate much like a diamond tax, for reasons both of demand and supply.
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NZ 'vulnerable' to house price fall - RBNZ - 1 views

www.stuff.co.nz/...rable-to-house-price-fall-RBNZ demand supply equilibrium
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  • Jean Pierre L on 15 Oct 13
     
    New Zealand is "vulnerable" to a fall in house prices, which could be triggered by an overseas financial shock, Reserve Bank deputy governor Grant Spencer says. "If the growth in demand continues to exceed the growth in housing supply, house prices will become increasingly vulnerable to a sharp correction, which could be prompted by, say, a global financial shock," Spencer said.
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Rough diamond prices to skyrocket in 2018 | MINING.com - 1 views

www.mining.com/nd-prices-to-skyrocket-in-2018 demand cost supply prices diamond
shared by Jean Pierre L on 01 Oct 13 - No Cached
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      Jean Pierre L on 01 Oct 13
       
      Here we have a classic case of an increase in demand for diamonds. The lack of supply levels, hence, increases the price for this particular commodity. 
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Hong Kong Bank Sales Seen Near 2008 Valuations: Real M&A - 1 views

www.bloomberg.com/...-2008-valuations-real-m-a.html scarcity opportunity cost economics
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  • Jean Pierre L on 23 Sep 13
     
    This article is a very good example of how the idea of scarcity exists within Chinese banks.
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