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Walrasian Market

What is 'Walrasian Market' An economic model of a market process in which orders are collected into batches of buys and sells...

Gary S. Becker

DefinitionGary Stanley Becker was an American economist and empiricist. He was a professor of economics and sociology at the University of Chicago. Described as...

General Equilibrium Theory

DefinitionIn economics, general equilibrium theory attempts to explain the behavior of supply, demand, and prices in a whole economy with several or many interacting...

Defined-Contribution Plan

DefinitionA defined contribution plan is a type of retirement plan in which the employer, employee or both make contributions on a regular basis. Individual...

Underlying Mortality Assumption

What is 'Underlying Mortality Assumption' Projections of expected death rates used by actuaries to estimate insurance premiums and pension obligations. Underlying mortality...

Imperfect Market

DefinitionIn economics, specifically general equilibrium theory, a perfect market is defined by several idealizing conditions, collectively called perfect competition. In theoretical models where conditions...

Reaction

What is 'Reaction' A reversal in the movement of a security's price. Reaction is most often associated with a downward movement in...

L

What is 'L' The fifth character added to a stock symbol listed on the Nasdaq to denote a miscellaneous situation. When L...

Game Theory

What is 'Game Theory' Game theory is the study of human conflict and cooperation within a competitive situation. In some respects, game...

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