Cantillon effect

noun

Relative inflation; a disproportionate rise in prices among different goods in an economy.

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Meanings

nounCantillon effect (plural Cantillon effects)

plural Cantillon effects

  1. economicsRelative inflation; a disproportionate rise in prices among different goods in an economy.

Origin

After Richard Cantillon (d. 1734), Irish-French economist.

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