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marginal social cost [1 record]

Record 1 2015-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Econometrics
CONT

In the absence of implicit effects, monopoly power, price or quantity controls, taxes and subsidies, external economies, and other market imperfections, market prices for outputs will be equal to the marginal social costs, or the value of resources used to produce these outputs ... There are, however, many instances where existing market prices do not accurately reflect the value of market transactions to society ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économétrie
DEF

[...] les pouvoirs publics devraient [fixer] [...] la tarification au niveau du coût marginal social. Ce dernier adjectif signifie que l'on s'efforce d'intégrer dans le calcul du coût marginal non seulement les éléments du coût qui figurent dans la comptabilité de l'entreprise, mais encore ceux (éventuellement non marchands) que la production en question occasionne aux autres agents économiques, et en particulier à l'État (par exemple usure des routes).

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