Questions tagged [price-theory]
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What does economics say about “price gouging” during an emergency?
Many states have laws against "price gouging" during an emergency.
Are these laws counterproductive?
Take the current situation with toilet paper and water. When someone sees rolls of toilet paper ...
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What determines the outcome of a price war, and why isn't that outcome reached instantaneously?
Mary is making a hefty profit manufacturing and selling widgets. Jim has some money laying around and he is trying to figure out if he shouldn't start manufacturing some widgets too.
In this example ...