INDEPENDENT VARIABLE

What is the profile of the

respondents?
Name of business;
Source of petroleum
products;
Years of operation;
Sales in volume in a
month.

Income of the dealer

What strategies do they

practice to be able to sustain
their income?

What is the average marginal

income of gasoline stations in
Laoag City?

What are the estimated

expenses of gasoline stations in
Laoag City in a month?

What are the price mechanisms

adopted by the gasoline station?

What is the effect of price

mechanism in terms of:
Sales of the dealer; and

Figure 1. Research Paradigm of the Study

DEPENDENT
VARIABLE
What strategies do they
practice to be able to sustain
their income?

Figure 1. Research Paradigm of the Study