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It seems that you are thinking about the J curve.

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by Ronald Rutherford (rdrradio1 -at- msn -dot- com) on Sat Apr 19th, 2008 at 05:29:28 PM EST
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Unlikely. There are a number of implicit and explicit assumptions made in the wikipedia entry on the J-curve that are not necessarily valid. Starting with the assumption that the relationship is a function.

- Jake

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by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Sun Apr 20th, 2008 at 02:35:17 AM EST
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Hello again, Jake.
I am surprised anyone has such an interest in my posts.

But according to the facts this model does a good job explaining the phenomenon being described. Maybe you can explain your points in more detail before I can understand your points.

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by Ronald Rutherford (rdrradio1 -at- msn -dot- com) on Sun Apr 20th, 2008 at 03:06:04 AM EST
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Meh. My bad. I was reading the wiki entry diagonally and accidentally mistook the second headline as belonging to the same definition. And the second headline is indeed somewhat spurious.

- Jake

If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Sun Apr 20th, 2008 at 06:42:32 AM EST
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