Behavioural economics
Psychological influences on economic decisions and behaviour.
Areas within Behavioural economics
Macroeconomics
Whole-economy activity, inflation, growth and policy.
8 wordsMicroeconomics
Choices, prices, firms, consumers and individual markets.
8 wordsBehavioural economics
How psychology and context affect economic decisions.
0 wordsEconometrics
Statistical methods for analysing economic data.
0 wordsInternational economics
Trade, currencies and economic relationships between countries.
2 wordsPublic economics
Taxation, public spending, public goods and government intervention.
1 wordsGeneral economics
Specialist vocabulary classified under Economics.
80 wordsMicroeconomics
Consumers, firms, prices, incentives and market structure.
173 wordsMacroeconomics
Growth, inflation, unemployment, national output and macroeconomic policy.
331 wordsLabour economics
Employment, wages, labour supply, productivity and labour markets.
120 wordsPublic economics
Taxation, public spending, externalities and government intervention.
105 wordsInternational economics
Trade, exchange rates, global markets and cross-border economic relationships.
85 wordsDevelopment economics
Economic development, poverty, inequality and structural change.
134 wordsBehavioural economics
Psychological influences on economic decisions and behaviour.
85 wordsEconometrics
Statistical methods used to estimate and test economic relationships.
80 words85 featured terms
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(computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software; "the architecture of a computer's system software"
Aversionnounthe act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away; "averting her gaze meant that she was angry"
Avertingnounthe act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away; "averting her gaze meant that she was angry"
Behavioraladjectiveof or relating to behavior; "behavioral sciences"
Behaviouraladjectiveof or relating to behavior; "behavioral sciences"
Biasverbcause to be biased
Boundedadjectivehaving the limits or boundaries established; "a delimited frontier through the disputed region"
Chancenounthe possibility of future success; "his prospects as a writer are excellent"
Choicenounthe act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"
Computer architecturenoun(computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software; "the architecture of a computer's system software"
Delimitedadjectivehaving the limits or boundaries established; "a delimited frontier through the disputed region"
Economic sciencenounthe branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management
Economicsnounthe branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management
Heuristicnouna commonsense rule (or set of rules) intended to increase the probability of solving some problem
Heuristic programnouna commonsense rule (or set of rules) intended to increase the probability of solving some problem
Heuristic rulenouna commonsense rule (or set of rules) intended to increase the probability of solving some problem
Lossnounthe experience of losing a loved one; "he sympathized on the loss of their grandfather"
Nudgeverbto push against gently; "She nudged my elbow when she saw her friend enter the restaurant"
Optionnounthe act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"
Picknounthe act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"
Poke atverbto push against gently; "She nudged my elbow when she saw her friend enter the restaurant"
Political economynounthe branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management
Predetermineverbcause to be biased
Prodverbto push against gently; "She nudged my elbow when she saw her friend enter the restaurant"
Prospectnounthe possibility of future success; "his prospects as a writer are excellent"
Rationalitynounthe state of having good sense and sound judgment; "his rationality may have been impaired"; "he had to rely less on reason than on rousing thei…
Reasonnounthe state of having good sense and sound judgment; "his rationality may have been impaired"; "he had to rely less on reason than on rousing thei…
Reasonablenessnounthe state of having good sense and sound judgment; "his rationality may have been impaired"; "he had to rely less on reason than on rousing thei…
Selectionnounthe act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"
Theorynouna belief that can guide behavior; "the architect has a theory that more is less"; "they killed him on the theory that dead men tell no tales"
Angleverbpresent with a bias; "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders"
Ballotnouna choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative; "there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion"; "they al…
Ballotingnouna choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative; "there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion"; "they al…
Castingnounthe choice of actors to play particular roles in a play or movie
CISCnoun(computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the CPU chip
Colorationnounchoice and use of colors (as by an artist)
Complex instruction set computernoun(computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the CPU chip
Complex instruction set computingnoun(computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the CPU chip
Conclusionnounthe act of making up your mind about something; "the burden of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly"
Constitutional economicsnounA branch of economics which focuses on the conditions that exist in and choices constrained by the legal framework of a political constitution.;…
Decisionnounthe act of making up your mind about something; "the burden of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly"
Determinationnounthe act of making up your mind about something; "the burden of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly"
Econometricsnounthe application of mathematics and statistics to the study of economic and financial data
Egoismnoun(ethics) the theory that the pursuit of your own welfare is the basis of morality
Elbowverbshove one's elbow into another person's ribs
Electionnounthe act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice; "her election of medicine as a profession"
ExcerptionnounThe act of excerpting or selecting from a larger work.; "But the phenomenon of excerption can help us create a possible scenario for how the com…
Financenounthe branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets
Hodgepodgenouna theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas
Jogverbgive a slight push to
Jumblenouna theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas
Macroeconomicsnounthe branch of economics that studies the overall working of a national economy
Managerial economicsnounapplication of the economic concepts and economic analysis to the problems of formulating rational managerial decisions.; "In managerial economi…
Microeconomicsnounthe branch of economics that studies the economy of consumers or households or individual firms
Modified Harvard architecturenounA variation of the Harvard computer architecture that allows the contents of the instruction memory to be accessed as if it were data.; "Most mo…
Normative economicsnouna part of economics that expresses value or normative judgments about economic fairness or what the outcome of the economy or goals of public po…
Patchworknouna theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas
Positive economicsnounthe branch of economics that concerns the description and explanation of economic phenomena.; "There is a large part of the economics of educati…
Reduced instruction set computernoun(computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a relatively small set of computer instructions that it can perform
Reduced instruction set computingnoun(computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a relatively small set of computer instructions that it can perform
RISCnoun(computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a relatively small set of computer instructions that it can perform
Samplingnoun(statistics) the selection of a suitable sample for study
Slantverbpresent with a bias; "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders"
Supply-side economicsnounthe school of economic theory that stresses the costs of production as a means of stimulating the economy; advocates policies that raise capital…
Volitionnounthe act of making a choice; "followed my father of my own volition"
Votenouna choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative; "there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion"; "they al…
Votingnouna choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative; "there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion"; "they al…
Weightverbpresent with a bias; "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders"
Willingnounthe act of making a choice; "followed my father of my own volition"
X64nounthe 64-bit version of the x86 architecture
X86nouna computer architecture based on the Intel 8086 chip
Appointmentnounthe act of putting a person into a non-elective position; "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee"
Assignmentnounthe act of putting a person into a non-elective position; "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee"
Callnoun(sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee; "he was ejected for protesting the call"
Designationnounthe act of putting a person into a non-elective position; "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee"
Intentionnounan act of intending; a volition that you intend to carry out; "my intention changed once I saw her"
Movenounthe act of deciding to do something; "he didn't make a move to help"; "his first move was to hire a lawyer"
Namingnounthe act of putting a person into a non-elective position; "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee"
Proportional samplingnounthe population is divided into subpopulations (strata) and random samples are taken of each stratum
Random samplingnounthe selection of a random sample; each element of the population has an equal chance of being selected
Representative samplingnounthe population is divided into subpopulations (strata) and random samples are taken of each stratum
Resolutionnouna decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner; "he always wrote down his New Year's resolutions"
Sortitionnounmaking a chance decision by using lots (straws or pebbles etc.) that are thrown or drawn
Stratified samplingnounthe population is divided into subpopulations (strata) and random samples are taken of each stratum
Vetonouna vote that blocks a decision
