Here are Economics Terms beginning with H

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Heckscher-Ohlin model of international trade predicts that countries which are capital abundant will export capital intensive goods while countries which are labor abundant will export labor intensive goods.

H-form organization is a holding company structure. A parent companies owns stakes in a number of subsidiary companies.

Historical cost is when a firm accounts for its costs on the basis of the actual amount originally paid rather than the current market valuation.

Horizontal merger is a merger of  two or more firms in the same industry and at similar levels level of the production process merge.

Household disposable income refers to the income of a household available for for expenditure after payments of taxes and receipts of any benefits.

Human Capital refers to the stock of human skills, education, knowledge built up by an individual or a nation that can be deployed in the production process.

Human Development Index is a United Nations index based upon a weighting of three elements - life expectancy, education and Gross Domestic Product per capita measured on a Purchasing Power Parity basis. Designed such that a higher index value represents a higher level of " human development" and societal well being. The index takes a value of between 0 and 1.

Hybrid security is a security that is a combination of two or more securities. Typically a hybrid security combines debt and equity characteristics. For instance, a preference share pays a dividend like an ordinary share but the owner of the preference share has creditor status like a debt holder.

Hysteresis is the phenomenen that when a shock is applied to a system and then later removed the system does not return to its initial state. In economics it is frequently applied to explaining rises in the unemployment . When a recession caused by a fall in aggregate demand comes along and later aggregate demand is restored to its original level then the unemployment rate will be higher than before the recession.