intermediate input

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meaningsofintermediateandinput

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intermediate
adjective
uk
/ˌɪn.təˈmiː.di.ət/
us
/ˌɪn.t̬ɚˈmiː.di.ət/
being between two other related things, levels, ...
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input
noun
uk
/ˈɪn.pʊt/
us
/ˈɪn.pʊt/
something such as energy, money, or information that is put into a system, organization, or machine so that it ...
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(Definition ofintermediateandinputfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A rise in the real wage creates an incentive for firms to substitute away from the composite labor toward theintermediateinput.
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In other words, the presence of theintermediateinputdoes not affect the pricing behavior of the firms or the property of output dynamics.
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This is why the presence of anintermediateinputin this case does not affect firms' pricing behavior or the property of output dynamics.
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The price of theintermediateinputis thus a flexible part of firms' marginal cost.
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First, a composite of the differentiated goods can serve either as a final consumption good or as anintermediateinputfor producing the differentiated goods.
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This is why the presence of anintermediateinputimproves the ability of staggered price setting in generating output persistence.
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Under staggered wage setting, the well-known relative-wage effect is the only source of endogenous sluggishness in wage, and thus price, adjustments, regardless of whether there is anintermediateinput.
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These functions assume a constant elasticity of substitution in the primary factors (land enters only the agricultural sector) and a linear technology in intermediate inputs.
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The lists of intermediate inputs and outputs of each procedure are then checked to determine if they contain any attributes involved in any violation.
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Before the alternative in the chosen case is mapped to the proposed design plan, its list of intermediate inputs is checked.
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The list of intermediate inputs of this procedure is empty so no more procedures are required.
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It allows for intermediate inputs; for inputs and products distinguished by source (domestic or foreign), and distinguishes different kinds of labor input (skilled and unskilled).
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Each added procedure is also checked if it requires any other procedures through checking its list of intermediate inputs.
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Each representative farmer is assumed to maximize profit by choosing intermediate inputs, labour, capital, and land.
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While the organic apple sector used less intermediate inputs per unit of output than conventional production, it also produced higher returns to labor and capital.
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