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nanoeconomics

nanoeconomics noun: economics at a lower level than microeconomics, sometimes dealing with individual transactions.

Noun

nanoeconomics (uncountable)

  1. Economics at a lower level than microeconomics, sometimes dealing with individual transactions.
    • This is an area defined by Arrow (1976) as nanoeconomics, and is characteristic of the new institutional microeconomy.1997, J. Rogers Hollingsworth, Contemporary Capitalism: The Embeddedness of Institutions, page 259

Origin of nanoeconomics

From nano- + economics.

Questions about nanoeconomics

What does nanoeconomics mean?
Nanoeconomics means economics at a lower level than microeconomics, sometimes dealing with individual transactions.
What part of speech is nanoeconomics?
Nanoeconomics is a noun.

Words near nanoeconomics in the dictionary

  1. nanodumbbell
  2. nanodumbbells
  3. nanodust
  4. nanodusts
  5. nanoeconomic
  6. nanoeconomics
  7. nanoecotoxicological
  8. nanoecotoxicology
  9. nanoelectroablate
  10. nanoelectroablated
  11. nanoelectroablation

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