Marginal propensity to import


 

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Marginal propensity to import

The fraction of a change in income (or perhaps disposable income) spent on imports. Contrasts with average propensity to import.



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Marginal propensity to save

Marginal propensity to save

The fraction of a change in income (or perhaps disposable income) that is saved.


Marginal propensity to consume

Marginal propensity to consume

The fraction of a change in income (or perhaps disposable income) spent on consumption. Contrasts with average propensity to consume.


Marginal propensity

Marginal propensity

The fraction of a change in income devoted to an activity, such as consumption, importing, or saving. See propensity.


Propensity

Propensity

The extent to which an economic agent is inclined to use income for a particular purpose, such as the (marginal or average) propensity to import, or propensity to consume, measured as the fraction of income (or of a change in income, if marginal) devoted to such an activity.


Import propensity

Import propensity

The marginal propensity to import (or sometimes the average propensity, if they are different).


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