Sentences with phrase «thus adds to the costs»

Their protection keeps the prices of their products higher than they would otherwise be and thus adds to the costs of consumers, including other businesses.

Not exact matches

Caplan does not go so far as to suggest going the Duggars» route of 19 children, but he does believe that the economic cost is less than we think, and thus we should «buy more» by adding another child to the family.

Although it appears apparent that add - ons can save firms some cost, firms should be very cautious because the same action could lead to more intense competition and thus eventually hurt their profit.»

But here we should add the limiting case: Exit can have high costs when individuals are loyal to institutions — thus the third component in Hirschman's trio of «exit,» «voice,» and «loyalty.»

There's also hope that this new rating criteria will force headlight technology to improve quickly, thus lowering costs, and put added pressure on the U.S. government to change rules that prevented the best global lighting systems from coming onshore.

You may add these assessments to your home's cost in figuring the gain and, thus, the tax from the sale of your home.

Thus, the trading costs of the portfolio add up to an extra expense of (prepare to be shocked) just 5 basis points (0.05 %).

The dealership is an intermediary between the lender and the borrower and thus, adds costs to the lending chain.

Partnering with a full service practice management software like Hippo Manager that can provide this service as a built - in add on feature, is a cost efficient approach to increasing your practice appointments and thus, your veterinary practice bottom line.

«Getting serious about climate change requires wrangling about the cost of emissions goals, sharing the burdens and drawing up international funding mechanisms,» they add, so it makes sense to shift from a simple but esoteric measure of global - temperature change to a range of indicators to which larger numbers of people are likelier to relate — indicators the authors argue are thus likelier to spur policies that have a real climate - curbing impact.

But the researchers say another scenario, combining the basic strategy of providing tax breaks to corporations but adding a rebate to the low - income families most affected by the tax, could virtually eliminate the regressive aspects of the tax at very little cost in overall efficiency, and thus might be the most appealing option.

But when Ghana turned to its United States «partner» and asked OPIC to support the $ 185 - million project, OPIC refused to finance even part of it — thus adding as much as 20 % to its financing cost.

Thus it may be appropriate to add a CO2 removal cost to the current price of fossil fuels, which would both reduce ongoing emissions and provide resources for future cleanup.

Cutting edge data centers of the future will require less of a physical human presence, and are likely to: â $ cents Rely on a VIL to optimize equipment management and provide for virtual remote control capable of instant changes, switches and adds â $ cents Achieve LEED certification for the physical building â $ cents Rely on more efficient water cooling that potentially takes advantage of an on - site tower to chill water for cooling the system (thus reducing energy consumption by using nature's natural cooling power to chill water) â $ cents Use fluid dynamics models to precisely design the interior of the building to maximize the efficiency of the HV / AC system for air - cooled computing systems â $ cents Tap into a mixed energy grid that relies on green energy sources such as solar, wind or hydroelectric (depending on geographic feasibility), along with a reliable city grid thus avoiding the need for the standard back - up Uninterruptible Power Supply (which will reduce equipment costs, minimize floor space used, and increase energy efficiency because systems that employ a UPS convert AC to DC and back, incurring substantial energy losses).

«The only other thing we can usefully add is that it would be unfortunate if litigants were too easily deterred from using the small claims track by the risk of being held to have behaved unreasonably and thus rendering themselves liable for costs.

Although this requirement may, at times, add to the cost of criminal prosecutions, it firmly entrenches the common law right of the accused to fully answer the charges against him, thus reducing the risk of wrongful convictions.

Thus, unless lawyers can show that a greater percentage of LegalZoom documents than lawyer - prepared documents are actually botched or more likely to give rise to litigation or added costs or some other horrible down the road, then consumers would just as well take their chances with the lower priced option.

He has been instrumental in evolving it to «second generation» of value add and cost control by re-evaluating the work done by in - house counsel using technology, metrics, data mining and other approaches to reduce «commodity - type» legal work, thus freeing lawyers to focus on work of higher value.

These two important riders make it possible for an applicant to add their spouse and children to their term insurance thus creating a family life insurance plan at a lower cost than separate policies.

If a responsible landlord is accounting for cap ex and upkeep of the property, these costs are rolled into the HOA dues and thus don't have to be something (directly) tracked by the landlord as an added cost, just a different expense category.

For solar panels, one recent study by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory found that the average installation adds $ 15,000 to a home's value — thus potentially recouping a major part of the cost of installation — but also that the panels «significantly depreciate» as they age.