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Record 1 2004-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Saving and Consumption
  • National and International Economics
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

A commodity or service which if supplied to one person can be made available to others at no extra cost.

CONT

A public good is thus said to exhibit "non-rival consumption"; one person's consumption of the good does not reduce its availability to anyone else.

OBS

Collective goods ... are often termed social wealth.

OBS

These terms are usually in the plural.

OBS

public good: term reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

Key term(s)
  • public goods
  • collective goods
  • social goods

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épargne et consommation
  • Économie nationale et internationale
  • Commerce extérieur
DEF

Bien ou service que l'initiative privée décide de ne pas offrir en raison d'une production non rentable, mais assuré par l'État car il est profitable pour la société.

CONT

Les biens (services) non marchands indivisibles dispensés par l'État jouent un rôle particulièrement important. Ces biens, dits collectifs, sont à la disposition de certains groupes ou de la collectivité tout entière, sans que leur utilisation par un agent implique une diminution des quantités disponibles pour les autres.

OBS

Ces termes sont, en général mais pas exclusivement, utilisés au pluriel.

OBS

Définition extraite du CAPITAL Business Dictionary et reproduite avec l'autorisation de LID Editorial Empresarial.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ahorro y consumo
  • Economía nacional e internacional
  • Comercio exterior
DEF

Bien o servicio que la iniciativa privada decide no ofrecer por no poderlo producir rentablemente y que, al ser beneficioso para la sociedad en su conjunto, es provisto por el Estado.

OBS

bien público: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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