tacit collusion 暗中勾结
collusive behavior among the firms of an oligpoly based on an implicit understanding that it is in each firm’s best interest not to compete too vigourously; they tacitly understand that it is undesirable to undercut each others’ prices, but there is no open discussion about price fixing
takeover 收购
when one management team (one firm) takes over the control of another
target savings motive 目标储蓄动机
people save for a particular target, for example to make a down payment on a house or to pay college tuition
tax expenditures 税收支出
the revenue lost from a tax subsidy
tax-favored assets
the return on these assets receives favorable tax treatment, such as tax-exempt municipal bonds
tax subsidies 税收补贴
subsidies provided through the tax system to particular industries or to particular expenditures, in the form of favorable tax treatment
technological risks 技术风险
risks facing a firm associated with technology, such as whether a new technology will work or be reliable
theorem 定理
a logical proposition that follows from basic definitions and assumptions
theory 理论
a set of assumptions and the conclusions derived from those assumptions put forward as an explanation for some phenomena