marginal benefit
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marginal
adjective
uk/ˈmɑː.dʒɪ.nəl/us/ˈmɑːr.dʒɪ.nəl/
very small in amount ...
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benefit
noun
uk/ˈben.ɪ.fɪt/us/ˈben.ə.fɪt/
a helpful or good effect, or something intended ...
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This increasingmarginalbenefitcushions the cost of restraining carbon use and contributes to a gentler bend in the cost curve.
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Increased infrastructural supply lessens the environmental costs of consumption, and, the other way round, increased consumption increases themarginalbenefitof pollution-reducing infrastructure.
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At the point of satiation in real balances themarginalbenefitof an extra dollar is zero.
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From the dose-response functions themarginalbenefiton agricultural productivity is stronger the more air quality improves.
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The left-hand side of this equation is themarginalbenefitfrom hiring a new worker.
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The necessary condition for maximum is that themarginalbenefitequals the marginal cost.
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Specifically, the welfare-maximizing policy requires that the netmarginalbenefitfrom the instruments for corruption control and pollution be equalized.
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In economic terms, equation (3) makes themarginalbenefitof vaccination independent of the vaccination level.
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This increases themarginalbenefitand the squatters will prefer to s offer more effort.
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With stochastic prices, the steady-state forest stock in the absence of transfers is greater, implying that themarginalbenefitof additional hectares conserved is less.
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This effect would decrease themarginalbenefitof infrastructure, favouring a lower infrastructural supply.
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Some new chemotherapeutic drugs for terminal cancer are ofmarginalbenefitand very expensive (9).
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This means that an eviction by the farmer would be avoiding a larger loss and themarginalbenefitfrom v increases.
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This leads to a highermarginalbenefitof the (local) public-good infrastructure.
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Counselling hadmarginalbenefit, as there were issues over and above the ongoing medical problems.
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With water being scarce in region 2, themarginalbenefitof an extra unit is large.
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At an unchanged education effort, we also have a highermarginalbenefitfrom investment in fertility.
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A rising fertility-related pension increases themarginalbenefitof a child.
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The left-hand side is themarginalbenefitof extending concession life by one year: the present value of an additional year of profit.
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That is, the marginal cost of attracting predators may be greater than themarginalbenefitof receiving food.
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