9 terms were found starting with the letter h.

Half-Share Coefficient

The share of national income received (or percentage of national consumption expenditures paid) by the bottom 50% of individuals or households in terms of income or expenditures.

Hard Currency

A currency of any one of the large industrialized countries that is widely traded in international currency markets such as the U.S. dollar, Japanese yen, and European Union euro.

Hectare

A unit of area equal to about 2.47 acres.

Hedonic Price Analysis

A technique that estimates the economic value that buyers of a good implicitly place on each of the attributes of that good. For example, attributes valued by house buyers would include the size of the house, the number of bedrooms and bathrooms, neighborhood features, proximity to natural resources, etc.

Hegemony

The predominance of one nation or state over others, often with the ability to affect trade patterns to their advantage.

High-Income Country

A country with a relatively high level of per capita income.

Horizontal Organization/Horizontal Integration

Combining similar marketing functions and decisions at the same market level into a single firm – for example, one food processor buys another.

Human Capital

The knowledge, skills, abilities and capacities possessed by people. Human capital can be accumulated in many ways, including education, on-the-job training, on-the-job experience, investments in health, outreach and extension programs, life experience, migration, and searching for information about goods, services, employment opportunities, etc.

Human Resources

In economics, another term for human capital, which is the knowledge, skills, abilities and capacities possessed by people.