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third-best

third-best is the alternative spelling of third best.

Meaning of third best

Adjective

third best (not comparable)

  1. Characterized by being a third best in the below sense.
    • This reduces the inflation bias but brings higher employment variability than is optimal, a "stabilization bias," and hence leads to a third-best equilibrium rather than the second best.1997 Mar, Lars E. O. Svensson, “Optimal Inflation Targets, "Conservative" Central Banks, and Linear Inflation Contracts”, in The American Economic Review, volume 87, number 1, pages 98–114

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What is third-best the alternative spelling of?
Third-best is the alternative spelling of third best.

Words near third-best in the dictionary

  1. third year
  2. third years
  3. third-act breakup
  4. third-angle projection
  5. third-angle projections
  6. third-best
  7. third-campism
  8. third-campist
  9. third-campists
  10. third-class
  11. third-class citizen

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