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local expectations theory — A form of the pure expectations theory that suggests that the returns on bonds of different maturities ( maturity) will be the same over a short term investment horizon. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary … Financial and business terms
local expectations hypothesis — ( LEH) Theory that bonds similar in all aspects except maturity will have the same holding period rate of return. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary … Financial and business terms
Jesus myth theory — The Resurrection of Christ by Noel Coypel (1700). Jesus myth theorists see this as one of a number of stories about dying and rising gods. Description The … Wikipedia
Subcultural theory — In criminology, subcultural theory emerged from the work of the Chicago School on gangs and developed through the symbolic interactionism school into a set of theories arguing that certain groups or subcultures in society have values and… … Wikipedia
Martingale (probability theory) — For the martingale betting strategy , see martingale (betting system). Stopped Brownian motion is an example of a martingale. It can be used to model an even coin toss betting game with the possibility of bankruptcy. In probability theory, a… … Wikipedia
Organizational theory in public administration — The thematic evolution of organizational theory is yet another way one might capture the development of the field. Modern public sector organizational theory can be thought of as the product of two fields of study: management and government. Each … Wikipedia
Weak central coherence theory — The weak central coherence theory (WCC), also called the Central coherence theory (CC), suggests that a specific perceptual cognitive style, loosely described as a limited ability to understand context or to see the big picture , underlies the… … Wikipedia
Public choice theory — Public choice in economic theory is the use of modern economic tools to study problems that are traditionally in the province of political science. (A more general term is political economy , an earlier name for economics that evokes its… … Wikipedia
Sociotechnical systems theory — is theory about the social aspects of people and society and technical aspects of machines and technology. Sociotechnical refers to the interrelatedness of social and technical aspects of an organisation. Sociotechnical theory therefore is about… … Wikipedia
Austrian Business Cycle Theory — The Austrian business cycle theory is the Austrian School s explanation of the phenomenon of business cycles (or credit cycles ). Austrian economists assert that inherently damaging and ineffective central bank policies are the predominant cause… … Wikipedia
