Sentence examples for permitted prices from inspiring English sources

At the same time, the government's National Development and Reform Commission banned any increases in the maximum permitted prices for medicines, air and rail trips and certain agricultural commodities like wheat, rice and cotton.

But their products are usually several times more expensive than domestic alternatives, partly because they work better, and partly because consumers are willing to pay a premium for the cachet of a foreign brand.Instead of fixing permitted prices, the new caps will specify profit margins.

"Now people are getting an actual number and know where they stand on the list," said Bradford J. Martin, an assistant town attorney, "so they don't have to pay a dime more than the permitted price".

If so, antitrust law may come into play, just as it did two to three decades ago in the upending of "ethical" rules that banned advertising or permitted price-fixing by lawyers.

However, it is possible to design an enforcement strategy that shields enforcement costs from abatement-cost risk by tying sanctions directly to permit prices.

When market conditions won't permit prices to climb in relation to these wage costs, profits dwindle, risk capital disappears, and job-creating business expansion grinds to a halt.

As long as knowledgeable, rational investors had enough funds to "attack" a bubble by short selling, even the presence of irrational investors would not permit prices to stray from their fundamental values for long.

A CGE model complements theoretical results, suggesting that the change in the equilibrium permits price brought about by taxation can be significant.

After permitting price hikes for commercial and industrial users earlier this year, it has secured deals with a few more foreign utility firms.

The permits — priced at $1,000 per month, with the department taking 10 percent of earnings — cost far less than opening a brick-and-mortar business.

Mrs. Ninci, who used to run a clothing store, said there was an immense difference between liberalizing store hours and permitting price wars.