As a lifelong near-sighted person, prescription eyeglasses and especially prescription sunglasses have long commanded a high premium due to the seemingly precise and scarce nature of creating them.

作为一个终身近视患者，处方眼镜尤其是处方太阳镜因其所谓的精确性和制造材料的稀缺而价格一直居高不下。

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This is an issue due to the fact that many people run portable software on their USB flash drives, so space may be at a premium.

由于很多人是在USB闪盘上使用便携软件的，这就造成了一个问题，所以空间的优先级应该更高。

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The real action now is in branded generics, which command a premium in many emerging markets due in part to the fear that unknown products might be fake or of dubious quality.

目前的核心仍然在非专利品牌药品市场，因为担心市场上没牌子的药是假药或者质量不可靠，所以人们纷纷购买品牌药，这使得品牌药在许多新兴市场的需求增大。

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But Philippon and Reshef determined that up to half of the pay premium was due to something much simpler: people in the financial sector are overpaid.

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The greater risk theory supposes that the value premium is due to unobserved risk within those securities, such as hidden financial distress or illiquidity in the marketplace.

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While some firms (primarily those that employ older or sicker workers) will see premium decreases due to community rating, firms with younger, healthier workers will see very large increases: 89% in Missouri, 91% in Indiana and 101% in Nevada.

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