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  2. Malinvestment - Wikipedia

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    In the Austrian Business Cycle Theory and all its different frameworks, the actual definition of malinvestment is the same: an investment with high potential that loses value. [2] A malinvestment only occurs if the loss in value is due to increased interest rates. [3]

  3. Debt-for-nature swap - Wikipedia

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    The financing mechanism for debt-for-nature swaps is an agreement among the funder(s), the national government of the debtor country, and the conservation organization(s) using the funds. The national government of the indebted country agrees to a payment schedule on the amount of the debt forgiven, usually paid through the nation’s central ...

  4. Quizlet - Wikipedia

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    [6] [7] [8] Quizlet's blog, written mostly by Andrew in the earlier days of the company, claims it had reached 50,000 registered users in 252 days online. [9] In the following two years, Quizlet reached its 1,000,000th registered user. [10] Until 2011, Quizlet shared staff and financial resources with the Collectors Weekly website. [11]

  5. Securities Investor Protection Corporation - Wikipedia

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    The Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC / ˈ s ɪ p ɪ k /) is a federally mandated, non-profit, member-funded, United States government corporation created under the Securities Investor Protection Act (SIPA) of 1970 [3] that mandates membership of most US-registered broker-dealers.

  6. Glossary of economics - Wikipedia

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    Also called resource cost advantage. The ability of a party (whether an individual, firm, or country) to produce a greater quantity of a good, product, or service than competitors using the same amount of resources. absorption The total demand for all final marketed goods and services by all economic agents resident in an economy, regardless of the origin of the goods and services themselves ...

  7. Economics terminology that differs from common usage

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    The everyday usage of investment largely coincides with the one used by financial economists—the acquisition and holding of potentially income-generating forms of wealth such as stocks and bonds. [10] Sometimes the everyday usage of investment refers to consumption of durables (e.g. "I'll invest in a new gaming console.").

  8. Sports At Any Cost - projects.huffingtonpost.com

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    The HuffPost/Chronicle analysis found that subsidization rates tend to be highest at colleges where ticket sales and other revenue is the lowest — meaning that students who have the least interest in their college’s sports teams are often required to pay the most to support them.

  9. Glossary of biology - Wikipedia

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    This glossary of biology terms is a list of definitions of fundamental terms and concepts used in biology, the study of life and of living organisms.It is intended as introductory material for novices; for more specific and technical definitions from sub-disciplines and related fields, see Glossary of cell biology, Glossary of genetics, Glossary of evolutionary biology, Glossary of ecology ...