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quasi rent [2 records]

Record 1 2011-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Property Law (civil law)
  • Property Law (common law)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (droit civil)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Productivity and Profitability
  • Production (Economics)
DEF

A factor of production, such as a machine, which earns economic rent in the short run only.

CONT

The return to any factor in temporarily fixed supply is sometimes called a "quasi rent" - quasi because in the long run, its supply need not be fixed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Productivité et rentabilité
  • Production (Économie)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Productividad y rentabilidad
  • Producción (Economía)
CONT

El concepto de renta económica está íntimamente ligado al de cuasi-renta, derivando esta última del hecho constatado de que la oferta de un producto no experimenta cambios - o por lo menos cambios importantes -, cuando su precio se modifica sólo por un brevísimo espacio de tiempo.

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