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  2. Multiplier-accelerator model - Wikipedia

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    This model was developed by Paul Samuelson, who credited Alvin Hansen for the inspiration. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] This model is based on the Keynesian multiplier , which is a consequence of assuming that consumption intentions depend on the level of economic activity, and the accelerator theory of investment , which assumes that investment ...

  3. Market system - Wikipedia

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    A market system (or market ecosystem [1]) is any systematic process enabling many market players to offer and demand: helping buyers and sellers interact and make deals.It is not just the price mechanism but the entire system of regulation, qualification, credentials, reputations and clearing that surrounds that mechanism and makes it operate in a social context. [2]

  4. Mechanism design - Wikipedia

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    Mechanism design (sometimes implementation theory or institution design) [1] is a branch of economics and game theory. It studies how to construct rules—called mechanisms or institutions—that produce good outcomes according to some predefined metric , even when the designer does not know the players' true preferences or what information ...

  5. Accelerator effect - Wikipedia

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    The accelerator effect in economics is a positive effect on private fixed investment of the growth of the market economy (measured e.g. by a change in gross domestic product (GDP)). Rising GDP (an economic boom or prosperity) implies that businesses in general see rising profits, increased sales and cash flow, and greater use of existing capacity.

  6. Cost-push inflation - Wikipedia

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    Cost-push inflation is a purported type of inflation caused by increases in the cost of important goods or services where no suitable alternative is available. As businesses face higher prices for underlying inputs, they are forced to increase prices of their outputs.

  7. Theory of the firm - Wikipedia

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    The theory of the firm consists of a number of economic theories that explain and predict the nature of the firm, company, or corporation, including its existence, behaviour, structure, and relationship to the market. [1] Firms are key drivers in economics, providing goods and services in return for monetary payments and rewards.

  8. Resource allocation - Wikipedia

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    In economics, the field of public finance deals with three broad areas: macroeconomic stabilization, the distribution of income and wealth, and the allocation of resources. . Much of the study of the allocation of resources is devoted to finding the conditions under which particular mechanisms of resource allocation lead to Pareto efficient outcomes, in which no party's situation can be ...

  9. Socialist economics - Wikipedia

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    Vietnam adopted an economic model it formally titled the socialist-oriented market economy. This economic system is a form of mixed-economy consisting of state, private, co-operative and individual enterprises coordinated by the market mechanism. This system is intended to be transitional stage in the development of socialism.