When William Nordhaus, who would later win a Nobel prize in economics, modelled the interaction between the economy and the atmosphere he represented the “damage function”—an estimate of harm done by ...

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在本集《你问我答》节目中，我们会为大家解答近义词 estimate、assess 与 evaluate 之间的区别。简单地说，estimate 的意思是对事物的具体数值进行估算；assess 和 evaluate 是同义词，指“评定、评估”，人们常常把这两个词互换使用，但是 assess 和 evaluate 之间也有细微 ...

“How long will it take?” demand managers, clients, and executives. “It takes as long as it takes,” retort irritated engineers. They counter: “Give us an estimate!” And the engineers gather their wits, ...

Daniel Rathburn is an editor at Investopedia who works on tax, accounting, regulatory, and cryptocurrency content. The Street expectation is the forecasts of a company’s earnings and revenue made by ...

The history, rationale, and limitations of the National Intelligence Estimate, the U.S. intelligence community’s most authoritative and coordinated written assessment of national security issues. A ...