0 X F O R D PAPERBACK REFERENCE www.ebook3000.com "; OXFORJ;> PAPERBACK REFERENCE A Dictionary of Economics John Black read Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Oxford He was Fellow and Tutor in Economics at Merton College, Oxford, from 1957 to 1966, and Professor of Economic Theory at the University of Exeter from 1967 to 1996 He has been Assistant, Associate or Production Editor of the Review of Economic Studies between 1958 and 1971, of the Eco110111icjo11nwl from 1971 to 1980, and of Economic Policy from 1985 to 1995 He has written TI1e Economics of Modern Britain, Essential Mathematics for Economists (with J F Bradley), and Housing Policy and Finance (with D C Stafford), and has helped to edit books for the International Economics Study Group and the Centre for Economic Policy Research He took early retirement in 1984 to concentrate on editorial work, and is now an Emeritus Professor of the University of Exeter, and Honorary Departmental Fellow at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth Oxford PaRerback Reference The most authoritative and up-to-date reference books for both students and the general reader Abbreviations ABC of Music Accounting Art and Artists Astronomy* Ballet Bible* Biology Botany Business Card Games Chemistry Christian Church Classical Literature Computing Dates Earth Sciences Ecology English Etymology English Language English Literature English Place-Names Euphemisms Finance First Names Food and Nutrition Fowler's Modern English Usage Geography Irish Mythology King's English Law Literary Terms Mathematics Medical Dictionary Modern Quotations Modern Slang Music Nursing Opera Philosophy Physics Politics Popes Popular Music Proverbs Quotations Sailing Terms Saints Science Ships and the Sea Sociology Superstitions Theatre Twentieth-Century History Twentieth-Century Poetry Weather Facts Women Writers Word Games World Mythology Zoology *forthco111 ing www.ebook3000.com A Dictionary of Economics JOHN BLACK Oxford New York OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 1997 Oxford U111wrs1ty Prt'ss, Gret> n.'prod11Ci.'d, ston·d in 11 1W11l'\'ill systt'm, or trcmsmitt