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Keisuke Ozeki

New drug price order may bring in monopoly - The New Indian Express - 2 views

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      Positive Externality, Merit Good
  • the new price regime would bring in monopoly in the sector.
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      Would it bring in a monopoly? - Evaluation
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  • While the earlier drug price control order covered only 74 bulk drugs and formulations
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      Note that maximum price level existed previously, but at a lower level.
  • As per the new price control order, the ceiling price of an essential drug will be the simple average of all brands with a market share of at least one per cent.
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      Decrease in demand temporarily as there is an expectation of decrease in price.
  • But, large companies will get a monopoly in pricing as they can manipulate price structure together.
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      Creating cartels to increase the price together - Oligopoly, few large firms dominating the market.
  • The experts in the industry point out that the small players in the field will eventually be wiped out when the new price control regime will come into effect.
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      Evaluation - Assumption made that the large firms are going to form cartels. If they don't, this will not occur. For the government to prevent this, they can create anti-cartel regulations
Keisuke Ozeki

Premier League fans rage over ticket prices after new TV deal said to earn millions | F... - 3 views

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      Taking advantage of consumers with inelastic demand for football
  • increased ticket prices make little difference to a club's overall revenue.
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      Price increase does not lead to revenue increase
  • hiking the cost of a season ticket "despite failing to deliver Champions League football".
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      Inelastic Demand Curve - people still decide to support despite their underachievement
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  • one in ten season ticket holders at a top-flight club would not renew their pass next season because of the cost, and almost a quarter were unsure if they could afford to buy another season ticket.
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      Losing buyers
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