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Kondratiev wave

Kondratiev wave noun: a hypothesized cycle-like phenomenon in the modern world economy, said to range from 40 to 60 years and to consist of alternating intervals of high sectoral growth and relatively slow growth.

Noun

Kondratiev wave (plural Kondratiev waves)

  1. A hypothesized cycle-like phenomenon in the modern world economy, said to range from 40 to 60 years and to consist of alternating intervals of high sectoral growth and relatively slow growth.
    • Each such wave, known as Kondratiev Wave, has all the four characteristics of a business cycle. It rises on the back of new technologies and new forms of enterprise; the expansion leads to a peak, then topples over into a crash and reaches the trough. […] The first Kondratiev wave of the Industrial...1992, Jyotiprasad Medhi, Statistical Methods: An Introductory Text, New Age International, →ISBN, page 335
    Synonyms:
    K-wave, supercycle

Synonyms of Kondratiev wave

Forms of Kondratiev wave

pluralKondratiev waves
alternative formKondratieff wave

Origin of Kondratiev wave

Named after Soviet economist Nikolai Kondratiev (1892–1938), who was the first to bring the idea to international attention in his book The Major Economic Cycles (1925).

Questions about Kondratiev wave

What does Kondratiev wave mean?
Kondratiev wave means a hypothesized cycle-like phenomenon in the modern world economy, said to range from 40 to 60 years and to consist of alternating intervals of high sectoral growth and relatively slow growth.
What part of speech is Kondratiev wave?
Kondratiev wave is a noun.
What is the plural of Kondratiev wave?
The plural of Kondratiev wave is Kondratiev waves.

Words near Kondratiev wave in the dictionary

  1. Kondrackis
  2. Kondrat
  3. Kondratieff
  4. Kondratieff wave
  5. Kondratiev
  6. Kondratiev wave
  7. Kondratiev waves
  8. Kondratiuk
  9. Kondrats
  10. Kondratyuk
  11. Kone

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