thin markets 薄弱市場
markets with relatively few buyers and sellers
tie-ins 搭售
a restrictive practice in which a customer who buys one product must buy another
time constraints 時間約束
the limitations on consumption of different goods imposed by the fact that households have only a limited amount of time to spend (twenty-four hours a day). The time constraint defines the opportunity set of individuals if the only constraint that they face is time
time value of money 貨幣的時間價值
the fact that a dollar today is worth more than a dollar in the future is called the time value of money
total factor productivity analysis 總生產(chǎn)要素分析
the analysis of the relationship between output and the aggregate of all inputs; total factor productivity growth is calculated as the difference between the rate of growth of output and the weighted average rate of growth of inputs, where the weight associated with each input is its share in GDP
trade creation 貿(mào)易創(chuàng)造
new trade that is generated as a result of lowered tariff barriers
trade diversion 貿(mào)易多樣化
trade that is diverted away from outside countries as a result of lowering tariffs between the members of a trading bloc
trade-offs 交易
the amount of one good (or one desirable objective) that must be given up to get more of another good (or to attain more of another desirable objective)
trade secret 商業(yè)秘密
an innovation or knowledge of a production process that a firm does not disclose to others
trading blocs 商業(yè)集團
groups of countries that agree to lower trade and other economic barriers among themselves
traditional monetary theory 傳統(tǒng)貨幣理論
the theory (first developed by John Maynard Keynes, and therefore sometimes referred to as Keynesian monetary theory) that the nominal interest rate is the opportunity cost of holding money, that the demand for money decreases as the interest rate rises, and that the interest rate is determined to equate the demand and supply of money
transactions demand for money 貨幣的交易需求
the demand for money arising from its use in buying goods and services
transfer programs 轉移支付計劃
programs directly concerned with redistribution, such as AFDC and Medicaid, that move money from one group in society to another
transplants 移植
plants constructed in one country by firms based in another. U.S. factories producing Mazdas and Toyotas are Japanese transplants
Treasury bills (T-bills) 短期國庫券
bills the government sells in return for a promise to pay a certain amount in a short period, usually less than 180 days
trough 波谷
the bottom of a recession
trusts 信托公司
organizations that attempted to control certain markets in the late nineteenth century; they were designed to allow an individual or group owning a small fraction of the total industry to exercise control
two-tier wage system 雙重工資系統(tǒng)
wage systems in which newly hired workers are paid lower wages than established workers are paid
markets with relatively few buyers and sellers
tie-ins 搭售
a restrictive practice in which a customer who buys one product must buy another
time constraints 時間約束
the limitations on consumption of different goods imposed by the fact that households have only a limited amount of time to spend (twenty-four hours a day). The time constraint defines the opportunity set of individuals if the only constraint that they face is time
time value of money 貨幣的時間價值
the fact that a dollar today is worth more than a dollar in the future is called the time value of money
total factor productivity analysis 總生產(chǎn)要素分析
the analysis of the relationship between output and the aggregate of all inputs; total factor productivity growth is calculated as the difference between the rate of growth of output and the weighted average rate of growth of inputs, where the weight associated with each input is its share in GDP
trade creation 貿(mào)易創(chuàng)造
new trade that is generated as a result of lowered tariff barriers
trade diversion 貿(mào)易多樣化
trade that is diverted away from outside countries as a result of lowering tariffs between the members of a trading bloc
trade-offs 交易
the amount of one good (or one desirable objective) that must be given up to get more of another good (or to attain more of another desirable objective)
trade secret 商業(yè)秘密
an innovation or knowledge of a production process that a firm does not disclose to others
trading blocs 商業(yè)集團
groups of countries that agree to lower trade and other economic barriers among themselves
traditional monetary theory 傳統(tǒng)貨幣理論
the theory (first developed by John Maynard Keynes, and therefore sometimes referred to as Keynesian monetary theory) that the nominal interest rate is the opportunity cost of holding money, that the demand for money decreases as the interest rate rises, and that the interest rate is determined to equate the demand and supply of money
transactions demand for money 貨幣的交易需求
the demand for money arising from its use in buying goods and services
transfer programs 轉移支付計劃
programs directly concerned with redistribution, such as AFDC and Medicaid, that move money from one group in society to another
transplants 移植
plants constructed in one country by firms based in another. U.S. factories producing Mazdas and Toyotas are Japanese transplants
Treasury bills (T-bills) 短期國庫券
bills the government sells in return for a promise to pay a certain amount in a short period, usually less than 180 days
trough 波谷
the bottom of a recession
trusts 信托公司
organizations that attempted to control certain markets in the late nineteenth century; they were designed to allow an individual or group owning a small fraction of the total industry to exercise control
two-tier wage system 雙重工資系統(tǒng)
wage systems in which newly hired workers are paid lower wages than established workers are paid