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balassa-samuelson effect

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English

Syllables
bal-as-sa-samuel-son -ef-fect
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
7
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The tendency for consumer prices to be systematically higher in more developed countries than in less developed countries.

Etymology

Named after Béla Balassa and Paul Samuelson.

Inflected Forms

Balassa-Samuelson effects (plural)

Phrases

Penn effect

Frequently Paired Words

Penn effect

Questions

What does balassa-samuelson effect mean?
The tendency for consumer prices to be systematically higher in more developed countries than in less developed countries.
Where does balassa-samuelson effect come from?
Named after Béla Balassa and Paul Samuelson.

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