A company that exists legally and possibly has non-trading assets but does not engage in active trading.
A monopoly protected from competition through legal restrictions or trade barriers.
An overview of the Sherman Act, the original US federal antitrust legislation.
Definition and meaning of the short-run cost curve in economics.
Understanding short-run marginal cost in economic production.
A concept in macroeconomics highlighting the short-term trade-off between inflation and unemployment
An overview of short-termism in economic contexts, examining its implications and various theoretical frameworks.
Understanding Shortages in Economics: Causes, Implications, and Management
A pivotal concept in economics representing a price point below which a firm opts to halt production due to excessive losses.
A benefit paid to workers temporarily unable to work because of illness.
Explanation of unintended results of policies in economics, known as side-effects.
Actions undertaken primarily to convey information to prospective customers or employers, particularly in the context of asymmetric information.
An overview of significance tests, their formulation, and application in the context of linear regression models.
Detailed entry on Silicon Valley, focusing on its economic significance, historical development, and role in technology specialization.
The system by which repayment of a loan involves payment of the principal plus interest calculated using one period's interest, multiplied over the course of multiple periods.
The use of quantitative models to represent the working of an economy and analyze the effects of changes in assumptions or policies.
An economic term referring to a currency used by two or more countries.
A comprehensive guide explaining the concept of the single market, with a focus on the unified European market established in 1992.
An exploration into single-peaked preferences, their characteristics, and implications in economic theory.
Definition and meaning of slack in economics, and its relevance in various economic schools of thought.
An overview of the economic term 'slump,' its definitions, contexts, and related concepts
Definition and significance of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in economic contexts.
A comprehensive overview of the term 'social benefit' in economics
An in-depth exploration of the term 'Social Capital' in economics
A chapter of the Maastricht Treaty concerning social policies including employment protection and works councils.
An overview of social charges, encompassing their definition, historical context, and significance in various economic frameworks.
An examination of the economic concept of social choices, which are decisions made collectively by society.
An accepted, established, or expected pattern of behaviour in a society.
Examining the economic term 'social interaction' and its implications on preferences, constraints, and individual behaviors within reference groups.
Understanding the social internal rate of return, a discount rate that balances the net present social benefits and costs of a private activity, including externalities.
The allocation that maximizes social welfare, chosen by a benevolent social planner within the constraints of resource endowment.
A form of for-profit company that can pursue social or environmental objectives alongside profit maximization.
Externalities generated by the education of individuals that benefit society beyond individual wages.
State payments aimed at ensuring minimum living standards for residents, commonly provided to those over retirement age, the disabled, and others unable to support themselves.
The parts of social security requiring individual contact rather than cash payments
A comprehensive overview of the term 'social welfare' in economics.
The level of welfare in an economy or society expressed as a function of economic variables.
A limit to spending by some public body where those supposed to be subject to it believe that the consequences of breaching it will not be serious.
A comprehensive examination of the term 'soft currency,' its implications, and comparisons within economic frameworks.
A successful stabilization programme that achieves price stability without causing a recession.
An economic term referring to a loan with less onerous conditions than prevailing market rates, frequently used for financing projects in developing countries or to support economic and social development.
An in-depth overview of the concept of a sole proprietor in economics.
A comprehensive entry on 'sole trader,' also referred to as 'sole proprietor,' within the framework of economics.
Debt of the governments of independent countries and the economic implications.
Capital equipment available but not currently needed for production, maintained to meet potential sudden demand increases or to ensure continuity during equipment breakdowns.
A measure of spatial dependence in spatial data, often assessed using Moran’s autocorrelation coefficient.
An understanding of Special Anti-Avoidance Rule (SAAR) and its role in economic tax systems.
A tax levied as a fixed sum on each physical unit of the good taxed, regardless of its price.
An economic cycle characterized by the rapid escalation of asset prices followed by a contraction.
A comprehensive overview of the term 'spillover' and its significance in economics.
A market for immediate delivery of goods, securities, and currencies.
Understand the meaning and implications of the term spread in economics.
A detailed examination of spurious correlation in statistics and economics.
A term referring to any individual, group, or entity that has an interest or stake in a business or organization.
Definition and meaning of Standard and Poor’s (S&P), a major US credit-rating agency and producer of stock price indices.
An overview and detailed explanation of the Standard International Trade Classification system used for classifying international visible trade.
The economic component of people’s welfare measured by various factors.
Definition and meaning of the standard rate in the context of UK income tax
A comprehensive overview of standardized commodities, including their definition, significance, and role in the market economy.
A company whose shares are owned by the state, often in the prelude to privatization.
A state where economic variables remain constant in the absence of external forces.
An in-depth look at the stationary process, including its definitions, major analytical frameworks, and historical context.
A branch of mathematics dealing with the methods for collection and analysis of data samples to infer properties of a broader population.
Explanation of statutory monopoly, a monopoly protected by law.
Detailed exploration of the concept of Steady State in Economics
Detailed entry on the definition, meaning, and historical context of the term 'Sterling' in economics.
The comprehensive definition of stock in economics and its contextual application in various economic theories.
A comprehensive analysis of stock market crashes, their historical contexts, and economic implications.
A large stock of a commodity held for strategic or economic reasons.
A method of accounting for depreciation of an asset by evenly distributing its cost over its assumed useful life.
Actions undertaken by a firm to deter competitors from entering their markets.
An exploration of the concept of strategy within the context of game theory, including dominant and mixed strategies and their implications.
A method of sampling that involves dividing a population into subgroups and taking samples from each subgroup in proportion to their presence in the population.
A rise in the price of one currency in terms of others due to increased demand.
An overview of structural equations, their use in economics, and important related concepts.
Funds operated by the European Union to improve economic conditions in the poorest regions of member countries and reduce regional inequality.
An in-depth look into the concept of structural transformation in economics.
An exploration of the Structure-Conduct-Performance (SCP) paradigm in industrial organization economics.
Definition, historical context, and analytical frameworks for understanding the concept of a subgame in economics and game theory.
A detailed exploration of Subgame Perfect Equilibrium in the context of sequential games in economics.
The principle that decisions on policy should be taken at the most decentralized level consistent with making them effective.
Credit provided on terms below normal market rates to encourage specific activities or to benefit particular groups.
Government payments to consumers or producers affecting the factor cost.
The lowest level of wages that allows workers to survive.
A comprehensive exploration of the concept of substitutes in economics—goods or services that can be used to satisfy similar needs.
The concept of substitution in economics referring to the switching of consumption from one good or service to another in response to a change in the ratio of prices.
An exploration of the Sucre, a regional currency introduced in 2009 by a group of Latin American countries.
An overview of superannuation, its definitions, practices, and significance in the context of economics.
The amount of a good or service offered for sale and its determination factors.
An overview of supply-side economics, focusing on its core principles, historical context, and its contrast with Keynesian economics.
A comprehensive overview of the term 'surplus' in an economic context
Understanding the concept of synergy in economics and its impacts on business mergers and acquisitions
Understanding systematic risk in economic terms, its impacts, and analytical frameworks.
A comprehensive overview of systemic threats within an economic context, focusing on their broad implications and inter-connectivity in financial systems.
An overview of the t-distribution used in statistical analysis
An overview of the t-test, a statistical hypothesis test used to determine if there is a significant difference between the means of two variables.
The attempt to bring down the value of an economic variable through persuasion by the authorities.
An overview of the term 'tap issue', mainly in the context of UK Treasury bills, contrasting it with 'tender issue'.
Making benefits available to a particular group of people identified by certain characteristics.
