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Tier 1 and Tier 2Descriptions of the capital adequacy of banks. Tier 1 refers to core capital while Tier 2 refers to items such as undisclosed resources.Tier 1 and Tier 2 Similar MatchesFactor price frontierFactor price frontierA curve in factor space showing the minimum combinations of factor prices consistent with absence of profit in producing one or more goods, given their prices. Since, with perfect competition, profit implies disequilibrium, this shows a lower bound on equilibrium factor prices. Two tier bidTwo tier bidTakeover bid in which the acquirer offers to pay more for the shares needed to gain control than for the remaining shares, or to pay the same price but at different times in the merger period; contrasts with any-or-all bid. Efficient frontierEfficient frontierThe combinations of securities portfolios that maximize expected return for any level of expected risk, or that minimizes expected risk for any level of expected return. Pioneered by Harry Markowitz. Utility possibility frontierUtility possibility frontierIn a diagram with levels of individual utility on the axes, a curve showing the maximum attainable levels of utility in a given situation, such as free trade or autarky. Used by Samuelson (1962) to demonstrate the gains from trade. RentierRentierA person whose income comes mainly from rent on land or, more broadly, from assets rather than labor. (Pronounced "Ron' Tee Yay".) Further SuggestionsConsumption possibility frontierMinimum variance frontier Delivered at Frontier (DAF) Production possibility frontier Two tier tax system |
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