marginal effect
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmarginalandeffect
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marginal
adjective
uk/ˈmɑː.dʒɪ.nəl/us/ˈmɑːr.dʒɪ.nəl/
very small in amount ...
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effect
noun
uk/ɪˈfekt/us/əˈfekt/
the result of a ...
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The results, applied to the national picture, showed only amarginaleffectof the change upon admissions to care homes.
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Recombination had, at best, amarginaleffecton variance.
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While thismarginaleffectmight seem modest, the maximum impact of political dissatisfaction is similar to that for strength of party attachment.
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In practice, this had only amarginaleffecton pensioner incomes, principally owing to the effects of inflation in eroding the benefits' value.
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Now, consider themarginaleffectof changing the price of agricultural output on equilibrium carbon sequestration levels.
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Moreover, themarginaleffectof fiscal policy is enhanced in the direction pointed out by the neo-classical theory.
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We also considered the possibility that themarginaleffectof religiosity varied across different levels of income or wealth.
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The relative importance of each type of animal changes when its total, rather than itsmarginaleffect, is considered.
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These parameter estimates are to be interpreted as the change in themarginaleffectof the fiscal variables during expansions and contractions.
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The solid black line indicates how thismarginaleffectchanges with party system polarization.
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Consider first themarginaleffectof changing the price per unit of carbon sequestered.
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As expected, themarginaleffectof income on the probability of using wood is much greater for low-income households.
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The estimatedmarginaleffectof income level in 1999 was zero and insignificant (column 1).
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Being in the mature age group had a positivemarginaleffectof 10 per cent on this probability.
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If contractions signal permanence, themarginaleffectof tax changes should become more negative during contractions.
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Conservation incentives are also low where current yields are high and themarginaleffectof soil erosion on crop yields is small.
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Themarginaleffectis computed at the mean of regressors.
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Again, the solid black line indicates how thismarginaleffectchanges with the electoral threshold when all other variables are set at their means.
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