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A curve representing the combinations of factor inputs that yield a given level of output in a production function.
Industry:Economy
A free trade area between the United States and Israel that was initiated in 1985.
Industry:Economy
After a recession, an expansion of real GDP that is not accompanied by a significant expansion of employment. This is possible, for example, if labor productivity expands.
Industry:Economy
A U. S. Law that prohibits foreign ships from transporting goods or people between one U. S. Location and another. Such a restriction on cabotage is an example of a barrier to trade in a service.
Industry:Economy
A movement advocating the cancellation of debts that burden developing countries, intended to occur in the year 2000.
Industry:Economy
A variant of fragmentation due to Bhagwati and Dehejia (1994).
Industry:Economy
A group, or network, of manufacturing and other companies in Japan, usually centered around a bank and including a trading company. Keiretsus are characterized by cross-ownership of shares, strategic coordination, and preference for transactions within the network.
Industry:Economy
A diagram introduced by Kindleberger (1973) showing the dramatic downward spiral of world trade during the first years, 1929-33, of the Great Depression. Its twelve axes radiate out from the origin and measure world trade by calendar month for each year.
Industry:Economy
A model of a multinational enterprise in which knowledge capital plays an essential role. Named and estimated by Carr et al. (2001), who attribute it to earlier work by Markusen and others.
Industry:Economy
A cycle in economic activity hypothesized by Kondratieff (1926) to operate over a period of several decades and divided into four phases: spring (expansion), summer (recession), autumn (plateau), and winter (depression). Also called the Kondratieff wave or long wave.
Industry:Economy
