The Penguin Dictionary of Economics

Graham Bannock, Ron Eric Baxter, Evan Davis

Penguin, 2003 - Business & Economics - 407 pages

Whether you want to follow the economic discussions in the media today, or study economics or need some knowledge of it at work (in business, finance or the public sector), this wide-ranging and accessible dictionary explains a host of economic terms, from acceleration principleto X-efficiency, i>globalizationto venture capital, and from Euroto zero-sum game. Revised and updated for its seventh edition, The Penguin Dictionary of Economicsis detailed, practical and international. Its entries include-

• General economic terms
• Economic theory, including coverage of development economics, industrial organization, finance and game theory, as well as international monetary and welfare economics
• Coverage of applied economics and major financial institutions
• History of economics
• Entries on individual economists who have made a definable contribution to contemporary economic thought

Contents

• Section 1: 1
• Section 2: 15
• Section 3: 42
• Section 4: 87
• Section 5: 107
• Section 6: 136
• Section 7: 155
• Section 8: 167
• Section 9: 177
• Section 10: 206
• Section 11: 209
• Section 12: 211
• Section 13: 218
• Section 14: 235
• Section 15: 269
• Section 16: 281
• Section 17: 290
• Section 18: 319
• Section 19: 322
• Section 20: 342
• Section 21: 375
• Section 22: 390
• Section 23: 402

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Penguin Dictionary of Economics; Penguin reference books
• Authors: Graham Bannock, Ron Eric Baxter, Evan Davis
• Edition: 7, illustrated
• Publisher: Penguin, 2003
• Original from: the University of California
• Digitized: Jun 25, 2008
• ISBN: 0141010754, 9780141010755
• Length: 407 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Economics / General; Business & Economics / Reference; Reference / Dictionaries