Glossary of Economic and Business Terms - K, Glossary of International Economics, Business and Economic Terms, Abbreviations, Terms List, MBA Exam

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Kaldor-Hicks Criterion	The criterion that, for a change in policy or policy regime to be viewed as beneficial, the gainers should be able to compensate the losers and still be better off. The criterion does not require that the compensation actually be paid, which, if it did, would make this the same as the Pareto criterion. Due to Kaldor (1939), Hicks (1940).
Kaleidoscope comparative advantage	A variant of fragmentation due to Bhagwati and Dehejia (1994).
Keiretsu	A group, or network, of manufacturing and other companies in Japan, usually centered around a bank and including a trading company. Keiretsus are characterized by cross-ownership of shares, strategic coordination, and preference for transactions within the network.
Kemp-Wan Theorem	The proposition, due to Kemp and Wan (1976), that any group of countries can form a customs union that is Pareto-improving for the world, so long as nondistorting lump-sum transfers within the union are possible. This is accomplished by setting the vector of common external tariffs so as to leave world prices unchanged.
Kennedy Round	The sixth round of multilateral trade negotiations that was held under GATT auspices, commencing 1964 and completed 1967. It was the first to move beyond negotiating only tariff reductions into such trade rules as anti-dumping.
Keynesian	Referring to models of the aggregate economy based on ideas stemming from Keynes (1936). Keynesian models depart from neoclassical assumptions primarily by allowing for disequilibrium in labor markets, with aggregate employment and output being determined instead by aggregate demand.
Kuznets Curve	An inverse U-shaped relationship between per capita income and inequality, suggesting that inequality is low in very poor countries, rises as they develop, and then ultimately falls as income rises still further. Hypothesized by Kuznets (1955).

(DOU 20082007)

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