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EFFICIENCY CRITERION [1 record]

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Record 1 2016-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Planning
  • Organization Planning
OBS

(...) "The" criterion of efficiency is also referred to in welfare economics as a test for potential Pareto improvements (...)

OBS

for "efficiency criterion" : The theoretical basis of the efficiency criterion is derived from economic price theory and states rather simply that the most efficient position for an organization is that where the value of its marginal products equals the marginal costs in all cases.

Key term(s)
  • efficiency criteria

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planification économique
  • Planification d'organisation
OBS

En caractérisant les états à partir desquels il est possible d'améliorer la situation de certains sans nuire à personne, (...) "le critère de Pareto" juge de l'organisation d'une économie. C'est, en fait, un critère d'efficacité.

Spanish

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