<span>The four characteristics used to classify retail stores are: the type of merchandise sold; the variety and assortment of merchandise sold; the level of customer service; the price of the merchandise. For example, we know that Whole Foods and Aldi are both grocery stores. However, Whole Foods provides different types of merchandise and provides a different level of customer service, as they focus on organic and healthy foods and their employees bag groceries. Aldi, on the other hand, focuses on cheaper foods without much heed to organic or health materials, and they do not bag groceries.</span>
a. When the forces of supply and demand lead to an inefficient outcome: economists call this a market failure.
<h3>What is meant by market failure?</h3>
This is the term that has to do with the state where the market that is an economy can be said to not be working.
b. The question in this category needs us to be able to fill in the details from the question into the empty boxes. Therefore:
For the efficient box
- a market in which economic surplus is maximized
For the inefficient box:
- a market transaction in which buyers or sellers behave irrationally
- a market transaction in which one party has information not available to other party
- a market dominated by few powerful businesses
- a market in which government regulation creates distortions
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Answer:
Explanation:
Net Cost of Life Insurance Premium : Life insurance policy entails Premium to be paid by the insured at a monthly / quarterly interval. insured often gets dividend from the insurance company and in that case, the net cost of premium will be low
The 20 years premium can be calculated with Annual Premium which is not given in the question, therefore i will solve for all the option but please pick the answer that the Annual premium is with you
a) 20 years premium = Annual Premium x Number of years
= 11700 x 20
= 234,000
b) 20 years premium = Annual Premium x Number of years
= 7900 x 20
= 158,000
c) 20 years premium = Annual Premium x Number of years
= 550 x 20
= 11,000
d) 20 years premium = Annual Premium x Number of years
= 28350 x 20
= 567,000
I did some research and found out it is the law of increasing costs
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