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Jarrow Turnbull Model

DefinitionThe Jarrow–Turnbull credit risk model was published by Robert A. Jarrow of Kamakura Corporation and Cornell University and Stuart Turnbull, currently at the University...

James D. Slater

What is 'James D. Slater' A renowned investment author in Britain, who wrote a Sunday column in London's The Sunday Telegraph under...

James Tobin

What is 'James Tobin' An American economist who won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 1981 for his analysis of financial...

John Elkann

DefinitionJohn Philip Jacob Elkann is an Italian industrialist. He was the chosen heir of his grandfather Gianni Agnelli, and chairs and controls the automaker...

John A. Allison IV

What is 'John A. Allison IV' A former chairman and CEO of BB&T Corporation, a North Carolina-based financial holding company, from 1989...

Japanese Housewives

What is 'Japanese Housewives' Japanese housewives, in the foreign exchange world, is a collective term for the legions of Japanese matriarchs who...

Joint Float

What is 'Joint Float' Two or more countries agreeing to keep their currencies at a same exchange rate relative to one another,...

Jean-Baptiste Say

DefinitionJean-Baptiste Say was a French economist and businessman. He had classically liberal views and argued in favor of competition, free trade, and lifting restraints...

January Barometer

DefinitionThe January barometer is the hypothesis that stock market performance in January predicts its performance for the rest of the year. So if the...

James M. Buchanan Jr.

DefinitionJames McGill Buchanan Jr. was an American economist known for his work on public choice theory, for which he received the Nobel Memorial Prize...

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