Dictionary definition: accelerator

accelerator A model relating investment to changes in output . The accelerator model asserts that firms invest more when output is rising and less when it is falling. This seems reasonable: a rise in demand leads some firms to produce more, and leads them and other firms to expect that demand will rise further. ...

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