External debt


 

Home
Site Map
Add Term
Search
About Us
Contributors

External debt

The amount that a country owes to foreigners, including the debts of both the country's government and its private sector.



Similar Matches

External economies of scale

External economies of scale

A form of increasing returns to scale in which productivity and thus costs of individual firms depend on the output of their entire industry, rather than just their own. Unlike more conventional (internal) scale economies, these are consistent with perfect competition.


External economy

External economy

Positive externality.


Externality

Externality

An effect of one economic agent's actions on another, such that one agent's decisions make another better or worse off by changing their utility or cost. Beneficial effects are positive externalities; harmful ones are negative externalities.


External diseconomy

External diseconomy

Negative externality.


Consumption externality

Consumption externality

An externality arising from consumption.


Further Suggestions

External balance
Common external tariff
External increasing returns to scale
Positive externality
Production externality
External funds
Externalities argument for protection
Negative externality
Harmful externality


 
All rights Reserved. Do not copy without permission.