... ON THE NATURE OF CAPITAL 17. THE ESSENTIAL PROPERTIES OFINTEREST AND MONEY 18. THE GENERALTHEORYOFEMPLOYMENT RE-STATED Chapter 1 THE GENERALTHEORY I have called this book theGeneral ... MONEY-WAGES o PROFESSOR PIGOU'S &apos ;THEORY OF UNEMPLOYMENT' 20. THEEMPLOYMENT FUNCTION 21. THE THEORYOF PRICES Short Notes Suggested by theGeneralTheory 22. NOTES ON THE TRADE ... AND THE MULTIPLIER Book IV: The Inducement to Invest 11. THE MARGINAL EFFICIENCY OF CAPITAL 12. THE STATE OF LONG-TERM EXPECTATION 13. THE GENERALTHEORYOFTHE RATE OFINTEREST 14. THE...
... later by the Theory ofthe Specific Heat of Solid Bodies, and the fundamental idea ofthe General Theory of Relativity. During the interval 1909 to 1911 he occupied the post of Professor ... be mentioned: The Special Theoryof Relativity, Inertia of Energy, Theory ofthe Brownian Movement, and the Quantum-Law ofthe Emission and Absorption of Light (1905). These were followed ... make themselves evident in practice. We shall not consider the motion of stars until we come to speak ofthegeneraltheoryof relativity. In accordance with thetheoryof relativity the kinetic...
... distribution of bequests that become initial endowments of asubsequent generation. Thus, analysis ofthe long-term effects of changesin longevity has to focus on the (ergodic) evolution ofthe distribution of ... Let the currentnumber of age-z females be n(z), while the total number is N. When the population growsat a rate g, the number of females z periods ago was Ne−gz. If m is the birthrate, then ... steeper rate of decline in the population density function withage. The above assumption, constraining the rate of increase of survivalprobabilities with age, ensures that between these two opposing...
... follow the standardassumption that the sign ofthe price of each good changes in the oppositedirection to the sign of profits from sales of this good. The following assumption about the relation ... effected to avoid the disappointment that is often felt in the event ofthe early death of an annuitant. The calculation of yield closelyfollows the method used for immediate annuities and this ... that the only uncertainty that the individual faces is longevity risk. It is important to examine the possibleeffects of other uninsurable uncertainties. Of particular interest is how the interaction...
... tends to mitigate the effects of adverse selection because,when bundled, the negative correlation between the costs of theseproducts reduces the overall variation ofthe costs ofthe bundle withindividual ... insurance. Expected costs of medical insurance, for example, depend on the health characteristics of the insured. Of course, the value of such insurance to the purchaserdepends on the same characteristics. ... that the cost ofthe hypothetical bundle was lower by 3 to 5percent compared to the cost of these products when purchased sepa-rately. They also found that bundling increases significantly the...
... totalconsumption in the second period. The second term is the sum of the expected utilities of two surviving individuals, while the third is the expected utility of one survivor. The budget constraint ... age, its rate of decline beingequal to the product ofthe inverse ofthe coefficient of relative riskaversion and the hazard rate.Optimum retirement age,ˆR, is determined by the same condition ... remainsconstant (figure 5.2). The reason for the difference in the pattern of optimum retirementis straightforward. Without discounting, the importance of a marginalincrease in the length of life does not...
... information on the survival proba-bilities of individuals and a zero rate of interest, the price of a unit of second-period consumption, c2h, is equal to the survival probability of each annuitant. ... distribution of bequests that become initial endowments of asubsequent generation. Thus, analysis ofthe long-term effects of changesin longevity has to focus on the (ergodic) evolution ofthe distribution of ... Let the currentnumber of age-z females be n(z), while the total number is N. When the population growsat a rate g, the number of females z periods ago was Ne−gz. If m is the birthrate, then...
... determina-tion of current of large dimension, or ofthe size of the ampere.ampere-hour Abbreviations: Ah, amp-hr. The quantity of electricity that passes through a cir-cuit in one hour when the rate of ... substance to the surface of another withoutabsorption. An example is adsorption of water to the surface of a dielectric. This term is often con-fused with ABSORPTION because the spellings of the two ... type of radar, the sync delay introduced between trans-mission ofthe pulse and start ofthe trace on the indicator screen to eliminate the altitude circle in the display.ALU Abbreviation of...
... energy, on account of the motion ofthe source and/or the detectingapparatus. 3. A small displacement in the appar-ent positions ofthe stars from month to month onaccount ofthe earth’s orbital ... modifyingonly the address part of an instruction.address field In a computer, the part ofthe in-struction that gives the address of a bit of data (ora word) in the memory.address generation The programmed ... electricalaction ofthe cell, as distinguished from the sup-porting material ofthe plates themselves. 2. A ra-dioactive substance. 3. The phosphor coating of acathode-ray tube screen. 4. The material...