International economics

International economics

International trade theories, policies, finances and their effects on economic activities.

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National debt

Economy; International economics

Although this term looks like it should mean the amount that a country owes to foreigners, in practise it is used instead to refer to the amount that a nation's government owes to anybody, including ...

Ministerial

Economy; International economics

A meeting of ministers. In the context of the GATT and WTO, it is a meeting of the trade ministers from the member countries (including, from the U. S. , USTR).

Mixing regulation

Economy; International economics

1. Specification of the proportion of domestically produced content in products sold on the domestic market. 2. Specification of an amount of domestically produced product that must be bought by an ...

Model

Economy; International economics

A stylized simplification of reality in which behaviour is represented by variables and by assumptions about how they are determined and interact. Models enable one to think consistently and ...

Monopoly

Economy; International economics

A market structure in which there is a single seller.

Monopsony

Economy; International economics

A market structure in which there is a single buyer. Term introduced in Robinson (1932).

Mortgage

Economy; International economics

A loan the collateral for which is a house or other real estate. I would not have thought this term needed to appear in a glossary of international economics, until 2008 when we learned that ...