marginal purchase — A purchase wherein the full price or cost of the stock or commodity purchased is not given to the broker at the time of the execution of the order of the customer, without regard to whether the purchase was made as an investment with the… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Monopoly — This article is about the economic term. For the board game, see Monopoly (game). For other uses, see Monopoly (disambiguation). Competition law Basic concepts … Wikipedia
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probability theory — Math., Statistics. the theory of analyzing and making statements concerning the probability of the occurrence of uncertain events. Cf. probability (def. 4). [1830 40] * * * Branch of mathematics that deals with analysis of random events.… … Universalium
Empirical Bayes method — In statistics, empirical Bayes methods are a class of methods which use empirical data to evaluate / approximate the conditional probability distributions that arise from Bayes theorem. These methods allow one to estimate quantities… … Wikipedia
Yield management — Yield management, also known as revenue management, is the process of understanding, anticipating and influencing consumer behavior in order to maximize revenue or profits from a fixed, perishable resource (such as airline seats or hotel room… … Wikipedia
Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… … Universalium
Demand response — This article is about the electrical concept. For the transport concept, see Demand responsive transport. A clothes dryer using a demand response switch to reduce peak demand In electricity grids, demand response (DR) is similar to dynamic demand … Wikipedia
Natural monopoly — A monopoly describes a situation where all (or most) sales in a market are undertaken by a single firm. A natural monopoly by contrast is a condition on the cost technology of an industry whereby it is most efficient (involving the lowest long… … Wikipedia
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