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nanoeconomics en · NOUN

Etymology

From nano- + economics.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Economics at a lower level than microeconomics, sometimes dealing with individual transactions.
    • This is an area defined by Arrow (1976) as nanoeconomics, and is characteristic of the new institutional microeconomy. 1997, J. Rogers Hollingsworth, Contemporary Capitalism: The Embeddedness of Institutions, page 259: