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A curve showing, for a two-good model, the quantity of one good that a country will export (or "offer") for each quantity of the other that it imports. Also called the reciprocal demand curve, it is convenient for representing both exports and imports in the same curve and can be used for analyzing tariffs and other changes.
Industry:Economy
A market structure in which there are a small number of sellers, at least some of whose individual decisions about price or quantity matter to the others.
Industry:Economy
1. Given a constraint of a minimum amount of revenue that a taxation must raise, a system of optimal taxes will minimize the distortion that they cause. 2. In the presence of an externality, the optimal tax (or subsidy) is that which will internalize its effects so that optimal decisions will be made.
Industry:Economy
1. The best. Usually refers to a most preferred choice by consumers subject to a budget constraint, a profit maximizing choice by firms or industry subject to a technological constraint, or in general equilibrium, a complete allocation of factors and goods that in some sense maximizes welfare. 2. As an adjective, same as optimal.
Industry:Economy
A contract that permits one party to buy from (or sell to) the other party something at a prespecified price during a prespecified period of time, leaving the choice of whether to do this or not (whether to "exercise" the option) up to the first party, which buys the option. Options exist for many assets, including foreign exchange.
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A license issued by government granting permission to engage in some activity, such as to export, import, or invest.
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A deliberate act of government that in some way alters or influences the society or economy outside the government. Includes, but is not limited to, taxation, regulation, expenditures, and legal requirements and prohibitions, including in each case those which affect international transactions.
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A tariff lower than the MFN tariff, levied against imports from a country that is being given favored treatment, as in a preferential trading arrangement or under the GSP.
Industry:Economy
