Time derivative
Use in economics

In economics, many theoretical models of the evolution of various economic variables are constructed in continuous time and therefore employ time derivatives. One situation involves a stock variable and its time derivative, a flow variable. Examples include:

Sometimes the time derivative of a flow variable can appear in a model:

And sometimes there appears a time derivative of a variable which, unlike the examples above, is not measured in units of currency:
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