shadow price
shadow price noun: a price for a resource, good, or service which is not based on actual market exchanges, but is mathematically derived from indirect data obtained from related markets.
Noun
shadow price (plural shadow prices)
- A price for a resource, good, or service which is not based on actual market exchanges, but is mathematically derived from indirect data obtained from related markets.
- Friedman (1969) argued that a positive shadow price of money balances would violate the Pareto-efficiency condition that the shadow price of anything should equal its marginal cost.1982, Frank Hahn, Monetary and Inflation, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, page 1
- We focus on indirect methods such as using individual choice between life-threatening versus safe jobs to infer something about the shadow price of life or using land rent differentials to infer the shadow price of air pollution.1988, David A. Starrett, Foundations in Public Economics, →ISBN, pages 6–7
Verb
shadow price (third-person singular simple present shadow prices, present participle shadow pricing, simple past and past participle shadow priced)
- To calculate a shadow price for.
shadow price meaning in Tamil
shadow price in Tamil
- நிழல் விலை
Examples of shadow price in a sentence
- Thus, the social cost and the shadow price of paddy is much higher than what is paid to the farmers.2003 August 11, Sarbjit Dhaliwal, “Punjab fights a losing battle on Johl plan”, in The Tribune, India, retrieved 26 Jan 2012:
- Mike Young has been studying the shadow price of water, the amount that would be paid under normal market conditions.2007 Feb. 7, "Experts call for water pricing scheme" (transcript), Australian Broadcasting Corporation (retrieved 26 Jan 2012)
Forms of shadow price
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | shadow prices |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | shadow prices |
| present participle | shadow pricing |
| past participle | shadow priced |
| past | shadow priced |
Questions about shadow price
- What does shadow price mean?
- Shadow price means a price for a resource, good, or service which is not based on actual market exchanges, but is mathematically derived from indirect data obtained from related markets.
- What is shadow price in Tamil?
- Shadow price in Tamil is நிழல் விலை. See Shadow price meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use shadow price in a sentence?
- Thus, the social cost and the shadow price of paddy is much higher than what is paid to the farmers.
- What part of speech is shadow price?
- Shadow price can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of shadow price?
- The plural of shadow price is shadow prices.
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