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International economics
International trade theories, policies, finances and their effects on economic activities.
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development project
Economy; International economics
A project intended to increase a developing country's ability to produce in the future. Such projects are most commonly additions to the country's capital stock, but they may involve improvements in ...
diagonal
Economy; International economics
1. In a matrix, the elements on a straight line from the top left to the bottom right, or occasionally from the bottom left to the top right. 2. In an Edgeworth box, the straight line from the bottom ...
differentiated product
Economy; International economics
1. A firm's product that is not identical to products of other firms in the same industry. Contrasts with homogeneous product. 2. Sometimes applied to products produced by a country, even though ...
direct factor content
Economy; International economics
A measure of factor content that includes only the factors used in the last stage of production, ignoring factors used in producing intermediate inputs. Contrasts with direct-plus-indirect factor ...
direction of trade
Economy; International economics
1. Refers to the particular countries and kinds of countries toward which a country's exports are sent, and from which its imports are brought, in contrast to the commodity composition of its exports ...
directly unproductive profit-seeking activities
Economy; International economics
Activities that have no direct productive purpose (neither increasing consumer utility nor contributing to production of a good or service that would increase utility) and are motivated by the desire ...
direct-plus-indirect factor content
Economy; International economics
A measure of factor content that includes factors used in producing intermediate inputs, factors used in producing intermediate inputs ''to'' the intermediate inputs, and so forth. That is, it ...
