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Call

What is a 'Call' A call auction is sometimes referred to a call market; it's a time on an exchange when buyers...

James H. Clark

DefinitionJames Henry Clark is an American entrepreneur and computer scientist. He founded several notable Silicon Valley technology companies, including Silicon Graphics, Inc., Netscape Communications...

Japan Inc.

What is 'Japan Inc.' A nickname for the corporate world of Japan that came about during the 1980s boom, when Western business...

John Bates Clark

DefinitionJohn Bates Clark was an American neoclassical economist. He was one of the pioneers of the marginalist revolution and opponent to the Institutionalist school...

James E. Meade

DefinitionJames Edward Meade CB, FBA was a British economist and winner of the 1977 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences jointly with the Swedish...

James J. Heckman

DefinitionJames Joseph Heckman is an American economist who is currently at the University of Chicago, where he is The Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor...
Joint Liability

Joint Liability

Joint and Several Liability in Business In most common law legal systems, two or more people can be jointly liable for a single liability. Joint...

Jan Tinbergen

DefinitionJan Tinbergen was an important Dutch economist. He was awarded the first Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1969, which he shared with...
Joint Endorsement

Joint Endorsement

What is a joint endorsement A joint endorsement is an agreement between two or more individuals to endorse a financial instrument, such as a check...

Jeffrey Sachs

DefinitionJeffrey David Sachs is an American economist and director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, where he holds the title of University Professor,...

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