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Macro Theory & Dynamics

• Adaptive Expectations — Expectations formed by adjusting past errors.
• Rational Expectations — Expectations formed using all available information.
• Hysteresis — Temporary shocks causing permanent economic effects.
• Output Gap — Difference between actual and potential GDP.
• NAIRU — Unemployment rate consistent with stable inflation.
• Okun’s Law — Relationship between unemployment and output.
• Phillips Curve — Inflation–unemployment tradeoff.
• Secular Stagnation — Persistent low growth and low interest rates.
• Liquidity Trap — Monetary policy becomes ineffective at zero rates.
• Paradox of Thrift — Higher saving reduces aggregate demand.

Monetary Economics

• Seigniorage — Revenue from money creation.
• Monetary Base — Currency + bank reserves.
• Velocity of Money — Frequency of money turnover.
• Taylor Rule — Formula guiding interest‑rate policy.
• Quantitative Easing — Central bank asset purchases.
• Quantitative Tightening — Central bank balance‑sheet reduction.
• Open‑Market Operations — Buying/selling securities to steer rates.
• Interest‑Rate Corridor — Framework bounding short‑term rates.
• Shadow Rate — Implied policy rate when nominal rates hit zero.
• Monetary Neutrality — Money affects prices, not real output, long‑term.

International Economics

• Terms of Trade — Ratio of export to import prices.
• Purchasing Power Parity — Exchange rates adjust to equalize prices.
• J‑Curve Effect — Trade balance worsens before improving after depreciation.
• Marshall–Lerner Condition — When depreciation improves trade balance.
• Currency Substitution — Use of foreign currency domestically.
• Impossible Trinity — Cannot have fixed rates, free capital flow, and independent monetary policy simultaneously.
• Dutch Disease — Resource booms harming other sectors.
• Capital Controls — Restrictions on capital flows.
• Balance of Payments — Record of all international transactions.
• Exchange‑Rate Pass‑Through — How FX changes affect domestic prices.

Microeconomic Theory

• Deadweight Loss — Efficiency loss from distortions.
• Moral Hazard — Risk‑taking increases when consequences are externalized.
• Adverse Selection — Hidden information harms market outcomes.
• Signaling — Actions conveying private information.
• Screening — Mechanisms to reveal private information.
• Principal–Agent Problem — Misaligned incentives between delegator and agent.
• Coase Theorem — Bargaining solves externalities under zero transaction costs.
• Giffen Goods — Goods with upward‑sloping demand curves.
• Veblen Goods — Goods whose demand rises with price due to status.
• Elasticity of Substitution — Ease of replacing one input with another.

Industrial Organization

• Contestable Markets — Markets disciplined by potential entry.
• Natural Monopoly — Single firm most efficient due to scale.
• Price Discrimination — Charging different prices to different buyers.
• Two‑Sided Markets — Platforms serving interdependent user groups.
• Network Externalities — Value increases with number of users.
• Bertrand Competition — Price‑based competition.
• Cournot Competition — Quantity‑based competition.
• Monopsony Power — Buyer with market power.
• Limit Pricing — Incumbent sets low price to deter entry.
• Predatory Pricing — Pricing below cost to eliminate rivals.

Development Economics

• Big Push Theory — Coordinated investment needed for development.
• Poverty Trap — Self‑reinforcing low‑income equilibrium.
• Dual Economy — Coexistence of modern and traditional sectors.
• Informal Sector — Unregulated economic activity.
• Human Capital Externalities — Social benefits of education beyond private returns.
• Import Substitution Industrialization — Developing by replacing imports with domestic production.
• Export‑Led Growth — Growth driven by external demand.
• Dependency Theory — Underdevelopment caused by global power structures.
• Structural Adjustment — Policy reforms tied to international lending.
• Microfinance — Small loans to underserved populations.

Behavioral Economics

• Anchoring — Relying too heavily on initial information.
• Loss Aversion — Losses weigh more than gains.
• Hyperbolic Discounting — Preference for immediate rewards.
• Mental Accounting — Categorizing money irrationally.
• Prospect Theory — Decisions under risk deviate from expected utility.
• Endowment Effect — Ownership increases perceived value.
• Status Quo Bias — Preference for existing conditions.
• Framing Effects — Choices influenced by presentation.
• Bounded Rationality — Limited cognitive capacity shapes decisions.
• Time Inconsistency — Preferences change over time.

Public Finance

• Pigouvian Tax — Tax correcting externalities.
• Laffer Curve — Relationship between tax rates and revenue.
• Fiscal Multipliers — Impact of government spending on output.
• Automatic Stabilizers — Built‑in fiscal responses to cycles.
• Ricardian Equivalence — Debt‑financed spending may not affect demand.
• Tax Incidence — Who ultimately bears a tax burden.
• Public Goods — Non‑rival, non‑excludable goods.
• Common‑Pool Resources — Rival but hard‑to‑exclude resources.
• Fiscal Federalism — Allocation of fiscal powers across government levels.
• Crowding Out — Government borrowing reducing private investment.

Labor Economics

• Efficiency Wages — Paying above market wage to boost productivity.
• Search Frictions — Costs and delays in matching workers to jobs.
• Matching Function — Relationship between vacancies and hires.
• Labor Hoarding — Firms retain workers during downturns.
• Reservation Wage — Minimum wage a worker accepts.
• Insider–Outsider Theory — Incumbent workers influence wage setting.
• Wage Stickiness — Wages slow to adjust downward.
• Human Capital Accumulation — Skills gained through education/experience.
• Labor Share — Portion of income going to workers.
• Gig Economy — Flexible, platform‑based labor markets.

Advanced & Miscellaneous

• General Equilibrium — All markets clearing simultaneously.
• Arrow–Debreu Model — Formal model of complete markets.
• Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium — Micro‑founded macro modeling.
• Overlapping Generations Model — Multi‑cohort economic modeling.
• Endogenous Growth Theory — Growth driven by internal factors.
• Creative Destruction — Innovation displacing old industries.
• Path Dependence — History shapes current outcomes.
• Transaction Costs — Costs of making economic exchanges.
• Information Asymmetry — Unequal access to information.
• Externalities — Spillover costs or benefits.

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