Merchant is, in general terms, the person usually dedicated to trade. Also referred as well to the owner of a trade.In commercial law refers to his subjective field of study, i.e. persons who are subject of regulation. Considered commercial subject to any person who performs an act of Commerce. However, it should be a first classification among persons engaged in an act of occasional trade and those engaged in trade on a regular basis, the first are the accidental subjects of trade and traders seconds. That buys something in the store is not a merchant, however make a commercial Act, therefore we say that eACAPARAMIENTOEste concept is used in the context of the economy and public finances.Monopolistic practice aimed at the cost of a product through the freezing of its offer, before the reach the consumer market, in order to sell them when the prices are higher than the current. Hoarding is then based on the forecast of an increase in the demand and is a speculative practice. However, who captures runs the risk of being wrong in their assumptions and lose some of the assets invested in the purchase, which becomes a plaintiff like everyone else who go to the market. However, when carried out in very large volumes, it is understood as a monopolistic practice many countries condemned in various ways. A good can be grabbed requires that supply could not quickly increase over time in response to the rising prices that produces grabbing and, moreover, that has no close substitutes. On the other hand the defendant amount must be reduced less that proportionally to increases in the price-i.e. should be an inelastic demand - as other form the hoarding may not sell their inventories at a profit for himself. These conditions have been made that, historically, only will have grabbed only certain types of goods, as agricultural products e.g., serving with these features. Hoarding is only possible in small markets, where there are not enough providers and communications are limited and imperfect. In an open and global market as it is today, grabbing is a little helpful practice, it is possible to resort to other suppliers of other parts of the planet. Why not causes real harm to the consumer, and can be considered is what a more regular basis the supply of goods and prices of the same. In English an accumulation of to commodity.s an accidental subject of trade.
