English

Noun

shadow price ‎(plural shadow prices)

1. (economics) A price for a resource, good, or service which is not based on actual market exchanges, but is mathematically derived from indirect data obtained from related markets.
   • 1988, David A. Starrett, Foundations in Public Economics, ISBN 9780521348010, pp. 6-7 (Google preview):

     We focus on indirect methods such as using individual choice between life-threatening versus safe jobs to infer something about the shadow price of life or using land rent differentials to infer the shadow price of air pollution.

   • 2003 August 11, Sarbjit Dhaliwal, "Punjab fights a losing battle on Johl plan," The Tribune (India) (retrieved 26 Jan 2012):

     Thus, the social cost and the shadow price of paddy is much higher than what is paid to the farmers.

   • 2007 Feb. 7, "Experts call for water pricing scheme" (transcript), Australian Broadcasting Corportation (retrieved 26 Jan 2012):

     Mike Young has been studying the shadow price of water, the amount that would be paid under normal market conditions.

Verb

shadow price

1. (transitive, economics) To calculate a shadow price for.

References

• shadow price at OneLook Dictionary Search