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Harberger's triangle

Harberger's triangle is the alternative form of Harberger triangle.

Meaning of Harberger triangle

Noun

Harberger triangle (plural Harberger triangles)

  1. A graphical representation of the deadweight loss (as measured on a supply and demand graph) in the trade of a given product or service caused by market failure or government failure.
    • “It takes a heap of Harberger triangles to fill an Okun gap,” wrote James Tobin in 1977, four years before winning the Nobel Prize in economics. He meant that the big issue in economics was not battling against monopolists but preventing recessions and promoting recovery. […] The Harberger triangle...2014 August 12, Tim Harford, “Monopoly is a bureaucrat’s friend but a democrat’s foe”, in Financial Times

Forms of Harberger's triangle

pluralHarberger's triangles

Questions about Harberger's triangle

What is Harberger's triangle the alternative form of?
Harberger's triangle is the alternative form of Harberger triangle.

Words near Harberger's triangle in the dictionary

  1. Harbel
  2. Harber
  3. Harberger
  4. Harberger triangle
  5. Harberger triangles
  6. Harberger's triangle
  7. Harbergerian
  8. harberous
  9. Harbers
  10. Harbert
  11. Harberts

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