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University of Michigan
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An association between two or more variables such that when one changes (varies), the other(s) also change(s) (covaries); for example, temperature and sweating.
Industry:Anthropology
Nonindustrial system of plant cultivation in which plots lie fallow for varying lengths of time.
Industry:Anthropology
Subjects in ethnographic research; people the ethnographer gets to know in the field, who teach him or her about their culture.
Industry:Anthropology
A gradual shift in gene frequencies between neighboring populations.
Industry:Anthropology
Upward or downward change in a person's social status.
Industry:Anthropology
A way of understanding the determinants of the balance of trade, noting that it is equal to income minus absorption. Due to Alexander (1952)
Industry:Economy
A group of academic economists and lawyers who are specialized in international trade policy and international economic law. ACIT's purpose is to prepare and circulate policy statements and papers that deal with important, current issues of international trade policy.
Industry:Economy
A country that is waiting to become a member of the EU.
Industry:Economy
A group of African, Caribbean, and Pacific less developed countries that were included in the Lomé Convention and now the Cotonou Agreement. As of June 2007, the group included 79 countries.
Industry:Economy
A subsidy that is not prohibited by the WTO but that member countries are permitted to levy countervailing duties against.
Industry:Economy