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PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT: The acquisition of financial assets (which includes stock, bonds, deposits, and currencies) from one country in another country. In contrast to foreign direct investment, which is the acquisition of controlling interest in foreign firms and businesses, portfolio investment is foreign investment into the stock markets. Most economists consider foreign direct investment more useful than portfolio investment since this last one is generally regarded as temporal and can leave the foreign country at the first sign of trouble.
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Lesson 11: Circular Flow | Unit 5: Real World
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Measures of production and income.- Net domestic product (NDP) is GDP minus capital consumption allowances CCA).
- National income (NI) is NDP minus indirect business taxes (IBT).
- Personal income (PI) is NI minus undistributed corporate profits (UCP), corporate profits taxes (CPT) and Social Security Taxes (SST), plus transfer payments.
- Disposable income (DI) is PI minus personal taxes.
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MARGINAL COST OF SEARCH The incremental cost incurred by additional search effort is the marginal cost of search. Marginal cost of search, also termed marginal search cost, is comparable to marginal cost of short-run production analysis. Marginal cost of search increases with an increase in search effort and is represented by the marginal cost of search curve. This is one half of the efficient information search decision. The other is marginal benefit of search.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time looking for a downtown retail store wanting to buy either a coffee cup commemorating Thor Heyerdahl's Pacific crossing aboard the Kon-Tiki or a rechargeable battery for your cell phone. Be on the lookout for door-to-door salesmen. Your Complete Scope
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On a typical day, the United States Mint produces over $1 million worth of dimes.
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"Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment." -- Rita Mae Brown ‚ Writer
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