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Pertaining to the system or range of economic activity in a country, region, or community.

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domestic content requirement

Economy; International economics

A requirement that goods sold in a country contain a certain minimum of domestic value added.

domestic international sales corporation

Economy; International economics

A type of U. S. Corporation, authorized in 1971, with income primarily from exports. Usually wholly owned U. S. Subsidiaries, DISCs had special treatment in borrowing or taxation. ...

domestic resource cost

Economy; International economics

A measure, in terms of real resources, of the opportunity cost of producing or saving foreign exchange. It is an ex ante measure of comparative advantage, used to evaluate ...

domestic support

Economy; International economics

A policy that assists domestic industry, including a subsidy to production, payment not to produce, price support, and other means of increasing the income of producers.

durable good

Economy; International economics

A good that can continue to be used over an extended period of time.

dynamic comparative advantage

Economy; International economics

A changing pattern of comparative advantage over time due to changes in factor endowments or technology.

dynamic economies of scale

Economy; International economics

A form of increasing returns to scale in which average cost declines over time as producers accumulate experience, so that average product rises with total output of the firm or ...