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A broad term, encompassing all the many mechanisms by which savings can be conveyed to those who wish to use it for investment. Most obviously, it includes the markets for stocks and bonds.
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A net flow of capital, real and/or financial, out of a country, in the form of reduced holdings of domestic assets by foreigners and/or increased holdings of foreign assets by domestic residents. Recorded as negative, or a debit, in the balance on capital account.
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A country is capital scarce if its endowment of capital is small compared to other countries. Relative capital scarcity can be defined by either the quantity definition or the price definition.
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1. An owner (or sometimes only a manager) of capital. 2. Associated or identified with capitalism.
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A technological change or technological difference that is biased in favor of using less capital, compared to some definition of neutrality.
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A technological change or technological difference that is biased in favor of using more capital, compared to some definition of neutrality.
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A preferential trading arrangement originally enacted in 1983 by the United States, providing duty-free access to a group of Caribbean countries for selected products. It was renewed and extended in 2000.
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A financial institution whose members are primarily the countries of the Caribbean region and whose purpose is to foster economic development in the region.
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A group of firms or countries that seeks to raise the price of a good by restricting its supply. The term is usually used for international groups, especially involving state-owned firms and/or governments.
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