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  2. Complementary good - Wikipedia

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    In economics, a complementary good is a good whose appeal increases with the popularity of its complement. [ further explanation needed ] Technically, it displays a negative cross elasticity of demand and that demand for it increases when the price of another good decreases. [ 1 ]

  3. Doughnut (economic model) - Wikipedia

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    The main goal of the new model is to re-frame economic problems and set new goals. In this context, the model is also referred to as a "wake-up call to transform our capitalist worldview". [5] In this model, an economy is considered prosperous when all twelve social foundations are met without overshooting any of the nine ecological ceilings ...

  4. Comparative advantage - Wikipedia

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    Comparative advantage in an economic model is the advantage over others in producing a particular good.A good can be produced at a lower relative opportunity cost or autarky price, i.e. at a lower relative marginal cost prior to trade. [1]

  5. Weak and strong sustainability - Wikipedia

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    In resource economics, Hartwick's rule defines the amount of investment in human capital that is needed to offset declining stocks of non-renewable resources. Solow [ 4 ] showed that, given a degree of substitutability between human capital and natural capital, one way to design a sustainable consumption program for an economy is to accumulate ...

  6. Economic efficiency - Wikipedia

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    In microeconomics, economic efficiency, depending on the context, is usually one of the following two related concepts: [1] Allocative or Pareto efficiency : any changes made to assist one person would harm another.

  7. Strategy of unbalanced growth - Wikipedia

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    The theory is generally associated with Hirschman. He presented a complete theoretical formulation of the strategy. Underdeveloped countries display common characteristics: low levels of GNI per capita and slow GNI per capita growth, large income inequalities and widespread poverty, low levels of productivity, great dependence on agriculture, a backward industrial structure, a high proportion ...

  8. Managerial economics - Wikipedia

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    target or goal setting; talent management and development. In order to optimize economic decisions, the use of operations research, mathematical programming, strategic decision making, game theory [8] [9] and other computational methods [10] are often involved. The methods listed above are typically used for making quantitate decisions by data ...

  9. Post-Keynesian economics - Wikipedia

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    Post-Keynesian economics can be seen as an attempt to rebuild economic theory in the light of Keynes' ideas and insights. However, even in the early years, post-Keynesians such as Joan Robinson sought to distance themselves from Keynes, and much current post-Keynesian thought cannot be found in Keynes.