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Efficiency

See economic efficiency.

Efficiency

The degree and speed with which a market accurately incorporates information into prices.



Efficiency

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Capital market efficiency

Capital market efficiency

The degree to which the present asset price accurately reflects current information in the market place. See: Efficient market hypothesis.


Allocative efficiency

Allocative efficiency

Refers to whether or not an allocation is efficient. A change from an allocation that is not efficient to one that is may be termed an "increase" in allocative efficiency.


Engineering efficiency

Engineering efficiency

See economic efficiency.


Riegle Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994

Riegle Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994

Law permitting interstate banking in the US


X-efficiency

X-efficiency

The ability of a firm to get maximum output from its inputs. Failure to do so, called X-inefficiency or technical inefficiency, may be due to lack of incentives provided by competition. Improvement in X-efficiency is one hypothesized source of gain from trade. Term is due to Leibenstein (1966).


Further Suggestions

Strong form efficiency
Semistrong form efficiency
Technical inefficiency
Efficiency locus
Allocational efficiency
Economic efficiency
Pricing efficiency
Informational efficiency
Informational efficiency
Marginal efficiency of capital


 
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