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  2. Gottfried Haberler - Wikipedia

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    Gottfried Haberler. Gottfried Haberler ( German: [ˈhaːbɐlɐ]; July 20, 1900 – May 6, 1995; until 1919 [1] Gottfried von Haberler) was an Austrian-American economist. [2] [3] [4] He worked in particular on international trade. One of his major contributions was reformulating the Ricardian idea of comparative advantage in a neoclassical ...

  3. Comparative advantage - Wikipedia

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    Comparative advantage in an economic model is the advantage over others in producing a particular good. A good can be produced at a lower relative opportunity cost or autarky price, i.e. at a lower relative marginal cost prior to trade. [1] Comparative advantage describes the economic reality of the work gains from trade for individuals, firms ...

  4. Friedrich von Wieser - Wikipedia

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    The alternative cost theory (or opportunity cost theory) is a theory of enormous importance that comes from his Theorie der gesellschaftlichen Wirtschaft (Theory of Social Economy), published in 1914, although his arguments were foreshadowed in his work Das Wesen und der Hauptinhalt der theoretischen Nationalokonomie (The Nature and Main ...

  5. Opportunity cost - Wikipedia

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    Opportunity cost, as such, is an economic concept in economic theory which is used to maximise value through better decision-making. In accounting, collecting, processing, and reporting information on activities and events that occur within an organization is referred to as the accounting cycle.

  6. Ricardian economics - Wikipedia

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    e. David Ricardo. Ricardian economics are the economic theories of David Ricardo, an English political economist born in 1772 who made a fortune as a stockbroker and loan broker. [1] [2] At the age of 27, he read An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith and was energised by the theories of economics.

  7. International trade theory - Wikipedia

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    International trade theory. International trade theory is a sub-field of economics which analyzes the patterns of international trade, its origins, and its welfare implications. International trade policy has been highly controversial since the 18th century. International trade theory and economics itself have developed as means to evaluate the ...

  8. Parable of the broken window - Wikipedia

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    The parable seeks to show how opportunity costs, as well as the law of unintended consequences, affect economic activity in ways that are unseen or ignored. The belief that destruction is good for the economy is consequently known as the broken window fallacy or glazier's fallacy.

  9. Consumer choice - Wikipedia

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    The theory of consumer choice is the branch of microeconomics that relates preferences to consumption expenditures and to consumer demand curves.It analyzes how consumers maximize the desirability of their consumption (as measured by their preferences subject to limitations on their expenditures), by maximizing utility subject to a consumer budget constraint.