English-Estonian-English Dictionary of Economics

English-Estonian

Here you can find a selection of economics terms with their counterparts in Estonian language and links to web-pages and pages in books with respective explanations. Before using this dictionary, you are recommended to read the conditions of usage, contributors/references, last updates, and instructions for citing/linking. Contributions and corrections are welcome .

Currently 2098 terms from:
   · microeconomics (532)
   · macroeconomics (125)
   · mathematical methods (222)
   · game theory (108)
   · labor economics (310)
   · public economics (181)
   · other/general (167)
   · econometrics (674)

PS! There are terms belonging to several fields.

External links lead to the following web-pages or books:

· C*	Alpha C Chiang, "Fundamental Methods of Mathematical Economics", McGraw-Hill, Third ed, 1984.
· V*	Hal R Varian, "Microeconomic Analysis", W.W.Norton and Co, Third ed, 1992.
· O*	Maurice Obstfeld, Kenneth Rogoff, "Foundations of International Macroeconomics", MIT Press, 1996.
· L*	Pierre Cahuc, André Zylberberg, "Labor Economics", MIT Press, 2004.
· S*	Oz Shy, The Economics of Network Industries, Cambridge University Press, 2001.
· AK*	Anneli Kaasa, "Majandusteaduse matemaatilised alused", TÜ Kirjastus 2002.
· OK*	Otto Karma, "Determineeritud mittelineaarsed otsustusmudelid", TÜ Kirjastus 1999.
· MW	Wolfram's MathWorld,.
· GT	Game Theory .net, Dictionary: Glossary of game theory concepts.
· EM	Estonian translation of Martin J. Osborne's tutorial.

For example V178 in the third column of "acceptance set" row refers to page 178 at Varian's book and
for example in third column of "affine function" row link MW refers to the respective page at MathWorld's page.

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Currently only 30 random terms are shown, to see others, you can use search function or click the following link. Show full list of words (in total 2098). A B C D E F G H L N O P Q S U

in English	in Estonian	Explanations
A
Arrow-Pratt measure of relative risk aversion	Arrow-Pratti suhtelise riskikartlikkuse määr	EM
B
boundary condition	rajatingimus, ääretingimus	V483
C
cofactor	alamdeterminant, algebraline täiend	C96
constant returns to scale	mastaabisäästu puudumine (mastaabisäästuta)
cost of default (on sovereign debt contracts)	kohustuste täitmata jätmise kulu (valitsuse võlakirja)	O350-353, 366-369, 378-379
column heading	veerupäis
Cobb-Douglas production function	Cobbi-Douglase tootmisfunktsioon	C414-416, 418
D
Degrees of Freedom (DF)	vabadusastmete arv
E
exchange rate	vahetuskurss
envelope theorem	ümbrikuteoreem	EM
eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits	vastavus töötuskindlustushüvitise tingimustele	L118-120, 532, 692-697
employment dynamics	hõive muutused	L218, 224-225
extremum	ekstreemum	C232
F
function of a single variable	ühe muutuja funktsioon
G
general equilibrium effect	üldise tasakaalu efekt
Gorman form	Gormani kuju	V153
H
Hamiltonian	Hamiltoni funktsioon	O510, 748
L
labor mobility	tööjõu mobiilsus	L503-562, 530-537, 550-556
likelihood ratio	tõepärasuhe
N
nonnormality	mittenormaalsus
O
opportunity cost	alternatiivkulu	L7, 570
P
player	mängija	V260
positive correlation	positiivne korrelatsioon
Q
Qualitative Variable	kvalitatiivne muutuja, kvalitatiivne tunnus
quasiconcave	kvaasinõgus	EM
S
single-crossing property	ühekordse lõikumise omadus	V245, 457
supreme, supremum	ülemine raja, supreemum	MW
sufficient	piisav	MW
structural model	struktuurne mudel
U
unions	ametiühing	L391-393

Contributions to the dictionary (by field, in alphabetical order):

· microeconomics (532):	Raul Eamets, Toomas Hinnosaar, Helje Kaldaru, Mare Randveer, Jüri Sepp
· macroeconomics (125):	Marit Hinnosaar, Toomas Hinnosaar, Jaan Masso
· mathematical methods (222):	Marit Hinnosaar, Toomas Hinnosaar, Otto Karma, Toomas Raus
· game theory (108):	Marit Hinnosaar, Toomas Hinnosaar
· labor economics (310):	Raul Eamets, Marit Hinnosaar, Toomas Hinnosaar, Ott Toomet
· public economics (181):	Jane Järvalt, Ringa Raudla, Karsten Staehr, Kadri Ukrainski
· other/general (167):	Marit Hinnosaar, Toomas Hinnosaar
· econometrics (674):	Toomas Raus, Andres Võrk

Thanks for corrections:
   · Jaan Aps, Raul Eamets, Anneli Kaasa, Jaan Masso, Ott Toomet

Used references:
   · Eesti Pank: JEL liigitus
   · Kaasik, Ü. Matemaatikaleksikon. Tallinn: Valgus, 1982, 207 lk.
   · Kaasik, Ü., Abel, M. Eesti-inglise-vene matemaatikasõnastik. Tartu: Tartu Ülikooli Kirjastus, 1995, 384 lk.
   · Kaasik, Ü., Abel, M. Koolimatemaatika sõnastik. Tallinn: Avita, 1995, 191 lk.
   · Kaldaru H. Mikroökonoomika I. Tartu: Tartu Ülikool, Majandusteaduskond, 1995, 169 lk.
   · Kaldaru H. Mikroökonoomika II. Tartu: Tartu Ülikool, Majandusteaduskond, 1996.
   · Tammeraid, I. Matemaatiline Analüüs I. Tallinn: TTÜ Kirjastus, 2991, 227 lk.
   · Weisstein, Eric W. MathWorld.
   · GameTheory.net, Dictionary: Glossary of game theory concepts.

Last major updates
   · 30.10.2004 Added about 670 terms from econometrics by Toomas Raus (total count 2093 words).
   · 29.10.2004 Some technical modifications, and added 181 terms of public economics by Karsten Staehr and his colleagues (total count 1453 words).
   · 18.10.2004 Labor economics terms added (total count 1310 words)
   · 17.10.2004 Macroeconomics terms added (total count 1013 words).
   · 10.10.2004 First version of English-Estonian-English Dictionary of Economics (899 words).

Editors of the dictionary are Marit Hinnosaar and Toomas Hinnosaar.
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