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The term ‘waiting’ was introduced by MacVane (1887) to replace the term ‘abstinence’ used by earlier economists. Both terms are so closely related that they will be discussed together.
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Hennings, K.H. (1990). Waiting. In: Eatwell, J., Milgate, M., Newman, P. (eds) Capital Theory. The New Palgrave. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20861-6_24
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