have in common to me is that they are both alcohol (and/or
snacks). This is not a preemptive statement that one is better- just that
they seem fundamentally different to me.
Brian Moore
ESI Corporation
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This is classic Armchair stuff.
Could the products actually be different? For example 1 firm might give
large trash cans to its customers for $25 - while another gives small trash
cans for $12 - then households self select (though this does not explain
why 1 firm doesn't offer both of these dea
How about taxing leisure; which would induce people to work more (or leave)?
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think their own neighborhood is better than the average (the lake woebegone
effect) - if nothing else it explains why they haven't moved...
Salutations,
Brian Moore
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things they don't like, but do not value as much. They are "buying" a
package.
Given the likelihood of being the deciding vote and the costs of getting
good answers from politicians to tough questions it is a wonder that anyone
votes at all...
Regards,
Brian Moore
ESI Corporation
Anecdotally, I've heard that Progressive (the largest insurer I know of that
does this) has particularly poor service.
Being less costly to provide less service, it would make sense that they
will often come up cheaper (with the exceptions being where different
factors are considered in the model
True, but the way I have heard that story "spun" in the past is that it is
done as a labor saving technique. In the face of threats of increases in
the minimum wage in the US, these sorts of businesses (which see minimum
wage labor as a relatively high percentage of total costs) would have an
in
Summer re-runs are an interesting phenomenon to be sure. Here are a few
ideas:
1- Belief in the "superiority" of one's own programming. Summer re-runs
cause viewers to watch the shows they don't normally watch (the second
choice for a given programming night). If a station believes they truly
h
In your example of the radon detector the change in price could well be
different depending on the direction. If all homes had them, the builder
can buy in larger quantities- and in any case uniformity is less costly as
it leads to less errors (especially in processes in which a number of
subcont
Since their wasteful government continues to exist; even as wasteful
companies wither away this observation holds much appeal to me.
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