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  2. Market distortion - Wikipedia

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    In neoclassical economics, a market distortion is any event in which a market reaches a market clearing price for an item that is substantially different from the price that a market would achieve while operating under conditions of perfect competition and state enforcement of legal contracts and the ownership of private property.

  3. Price signal - Wikipedia

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    A price signal is information conveyed to consumers and producers, via the prices offered or requested for, and the amount requested or offered of a product or ...

  4. Distortion - Wikipedia

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    In signal processing, distortion is the alteration of the original shape (or other characteristic) of a signal.In communications and electronics it means the alteration of the waveform of an information-bearing signal, such as an audio signal representing sound or a video signal representing images, in an electronic device or communication channel.

  5. Discount Distortion: How Dollar Stores Actually Charge You More

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    Here's where it gets interesting: Walmart may be cheaper on a per-unit basis, but what is also true in every case is that the price tag on each of these items at Dollar General is less than the ...

  6. Opinion - Trump is right on tariffs, here’s why - AOL

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    Tariffs that encourage U.S. production might be appreciated when foreign supplies are cut off. Paying slightly higher prices for vital goods and equipment could be preferable to doing without someday.

  7. Real prices and ideal prices - Wikipedia

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    Often the actual prices of real transactions are combined with assumed prices, for the purpose of a price calculation or estimate. Even if such prices therefore may not directly correspond to transactions involving actually traded products, assets or services, they can nevertheless provide "price signals" which influence economic behavior.

  8. Noise (economic) - Wikipedia

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    Environmental or External Noise consists of environmental distractions, typically via sound or vision, present while information is being communicated. [2] An example of this is using a mobile phone whilst watching a television advertisement, as the mobile is within the external environment and could have an impact, as a distraction, on how the receiver decodes the message.

  9. Bullwhip effect - Wikipedia

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    Price fluctuations as a result of inflationary factors, quantity discounts, or sales tend to stimulate customers to buy larger quantities than they require. The game of sales and discount push, in the case where the sales economy is higher than the stocking expenses, the firm to buy greater amount that what they need.