Hedge Fund
An overview and analysis of hedge funds as investment vehicles focusing on speculative positions in markets for shares, currencies, and derivatives.
Hedging - Definition and Meaning
An exploration of hedging, a strategy to manage and mitigate financial risk in business activities.
Hedonic Pricing
The method of pricing a good by estimating the value of its individual *characteristics.
Herfindahl Index
A measure of firm size relative to market size used as an indicator of market concentration and competition.
Heteroscedasticity
Exploring the concept of heteroscedasticity in statistical and econometric models, including its definition, implications, detection tests, and methods for managing it.
Hicks-neutral technical progress
Understanding Hicks-neutral technical progress, where average and marginal products of all factors increase in the same proportion for given factor proportions.
Hicksian Demand
Understanding the concept of Hicksian demand in economics, also known as compensated demand.
Hidden Economy
An overview of hidden economy which encompasses economic activities not included in official statistics.
Hidden Unemployment
Understanding the concept of hidden unemployment and the implications it holds in economic analysis.
Hire Purchase
The system by which goods are available to the buyer for immediate use but paid for in instalments.
Historical Cost
An exploration of the term 'historical cost' in economics, detailing its definition, implications, and significance within various economic frameworks.