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Search results for: “economic activity”

  • Moral Economy

    Definition of Moral Economy The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Moral Economy: The central characteristic of economic activity in a tribal society. Rather than economic exchanges being motivated by self-interest, greed or profit, exchanges are driven […]

  • Seasonality

    Seasonality Definition (in the Accounting Vocabulary)The The New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants offers the following definition of Seasonality in a way that is easy for anybody to understand: Variations in business or economic activity that recur with regularity as the […]

  • Multilateral Trade

    Multilateral Trade

    Multilateral Trade in the Economic ActivityAn introductory concept of Multilateral Trade may be: trade between more than two parties

  • Revenues

    Revenues

    Revenues in the Economic ActivityAn introductory concept of Revenues may be: the amount a firm receives for selling its products, equal to the price received multiplied by the quantity sold

  • Duopoly

    Duopoly

    Duopoly in the Economic ActivityAn introductory concept of Duopoly may be: an industry with only two firms

  • Regulatory

    Regulatory

    Regulatory Capture in the Economic ActivityAn introductory concept of Regulatory Capture may be: a term used to describe a situation in which regulators serve the interests of the regulated rather than the interests of consumers

  • Central Bank

    Central Bank

    Central Bank in the Economic ActivityAn introductory concept of Central Bank may be: the bank that oversees and monitors the rest of the banking system and serves as the bankers’ bank

  • Expenditures

    Expenditures

    Tax Expenditures in the Economic ActivityAn introductory concept of Tax Expenditures may be: the revenue lost from a tax subsidy

  • Trusts

    Trusts

    Trusts in the Economic ActivityAn introductory concept of Trusts may be: organizations that attempted to control certain markets in the late nineteenth century; they were designed to allow an individual or group owning a small fraction of the total industry to exercise control

  • Developed

    Developed

    Developed Countries in the Economic ActivityAn introductory concept of Developed Countries may be: the wealthiest nations in the world, including Western Europe, the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand

  • Workers

    Workers

    Discouraged Workers in the Economic ActivityAn introductory concept of Discouraged Workers may be: workers who would be willing to work but have given up looking for jobs, and thus are not officially counted as unemployed

  • Dividends

    Dividends

    Dividends in the Economic ActivityAn introductory concept of Dividends may be: that portion of corporate profits paid out to shareholders

  • Wage Discrimination

    Wage Discrimination

    Wage Discrimination in the Economic ActivityAn introductory concept of Wage Discrimination may be: paying lower wages to women or minorities

  • Monetary

    Monetary

    Monetary Policies in the Economic ActivityAn introductory concept of Monetary Policies may be: policies that affect the supply of money and credit and the terms on which credit is available to borrowers

  • Antitrust

    Antitrust

    Antitrust Laws in the Economic ActivityAn introductory concept of Antitrust Laws may be: laws that discourage monopoly and restrictive practices and encourage greater competition