price mechanism
noun[C]
ukus(alsomarket mechanism)ECONOMICS,COMMERCE
therelationshipbetween thesupplyof ordemandfor aparticularproductorservice, anditsprice:
Thepricemechanismfailswhen thegoodsthatconsumerswantare notproduced.
Examplesofprice mechanism
price mechanism
An example ofpricemechanismin the long term is the oil crisis during the 1970s.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Because there is high uncertainty in the compliance costs of firms, some argue that the optimum choice is thepricemechanism.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Consumer goods were allocated to households by thepricemechanism, except for rationed grain.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Peer production does not produce commodities for exchange value, and does not use thepricemechanism or corporate hierarchy to determine the allocation of resources.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is an example of market imperfection, or market failure, as thepricemechanismfails to bring about equilibrium in the market.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This came down largely on the side of free trade and thepricemechanism.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Pricemechanismaffects both buyers and sellers who negotiate prices of goods or services.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Another good example ofpricemechanismin the long run is fuel for cars.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Furthermore many capitalist theorists believe that communism interferes with thepricemechanismthat is only optimized in private competition.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Apricemechanismor market-based mechanism refers to a wide variety of ways to match up buyers and sellers through price rationing.
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