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Backing Away

What is 'Backing Away' Failure by a market maker in a security to honor the quoted bid and ask prices for a...

Lagging Indicator

What is a 'Lagging Indicator' A lagging indicator is a measurable economic factor that changes only after the economy has begun to...

Land Value Tax (LVT)

What is 'Land Value Tax - LVT' A tax on the value of a piece of land. Land value tax inherently makes...

Lattice-Based Model

What is 'Lattice-Based Model' An option pricing model that involves the construction of a binomial tree to show the different paths that...

Libor

LIBOR stands for the London InterBank Offered Rate. It is also termed as ICE LIBOR these days because the Inter Continental Exchange or ICE...

Layoff

DefinitionA layoff is the temporary suspension or permanent termination of employment of an employee or, more commonly, a group of employees for business reasons,...
law of diminishing marginal utility

Law Of Diminishing Marginal Utility

What is the law of diminishing marginal utility The law of diminishing marginal utility is the principle that as a person consumes more of a...

Learning Curve

What is the 'Learning Curve' A learning curve is a concept that graphically depicts the relationship between cost and output over a...

Land Flip

What is 'Land Flip' A fraudulent practice in the real estate business of selling undeveloped land at highly inflated prices. A land...

Law Of One Price

DefinitionThe law of one price constitutes the basis of the theory of purchasing power parity, an assumption that in some circumstances it would cost...