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Pigou effect

Pigou effect noun: the stimulation of output and employment caused by increasing consumption due to a rise in real balances of wealth, particularly during deflation.

Noun

Pigou effect (plural Pigou effects)

  1. The stimulation of output and employment caused by increasing consumption due to a rise in real balances of wealth, particularly during deflation.

Forms of Pigou effect

pluralPigou effects

Origin of Pigou effect

Coined by American economist Don Patinkin in 1948 after English economist Arthur Cecil Pigou.

Questions about Pigou effect

What does Pigou effect mean?
Pigou effect means the stimulation of output and employment caused by increasing consumption due to a rise in real balances of wealth, particularly during deflation.
What part of speech is Pigou effect?
Pigou effect is a noun.
What is the plural of Pigou effect?
The plural of Pigou effect is Pigou effects.

Words near Pigou effect in the dictionary

  1. pigotite
  2. Pigots
  3. Pigott
  4. Pigotts
  5. Pigou
  6. Pigou effect
  7. Pigou effects
  8. pigout
  9. pigouts
  10. Pigouvian
  11. Pigouvian tax

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