Great Depression/Related Articles

Index

See the related articles subpage to the article on economics [1] for an index to topics referred to in the economics articles.

Agency cost [r]: Add brief definition or description
Debt deflation [r]: a situation which arises when falling prices put pressure upon debtors by requiring them to repay more, in real terms, than they had borrowed, causing distress selling and further falls in prices. ^[e]
Margin account [r]: an arrangement that enables customers to buy securities with money borrowed from a broker, subject to a minimum maintenance level related to the market values of the securities. ^[e]
Margin call [r]: a demand for the additional securities required to maintain the minimum maintenance level of a margin account when security prices fall. ^[e]
Moral hazard [r]: Motivation to take an otherwise unwarranted risk because the cost of an unfavourable outcome would be borne by someone other than the risk-taker. ^[e]
Real bills doctrine [r]: the belief (now considered fallacious) that money issued against commercial paper cannot be inflationary because it merely responds passively to the needs of commerce. ^[e]
Run (banking) [r]: An attempt by a large number of investors to withdraw their deposits. ^[e]
Sterilisation, monetary [r]: Action taken by a central bank to counteract changes to its monetary base - for example by buying or selling government securities. ^[e]