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Record 1 2016-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Planning
  • Pricing Theory
  • Production (Economics)
DEF

The return for the use of a factor of production in excess of the minimum required to bring forth the service of the factor. The surplus remaining to a project beneficiary after he receives the rewards necessary to attract physical inputs, labor, entrepreneurship, and the willingness to bear risk.

CONT

The amount that a factor (of production) must earn in its present use to prevent it from transferring to another use is called its transfer earnings. Any excess over this amount is called its economic rent.

OBS

This concept was originally developed to apply to land but is now applied to all factors of production.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planification économique
  • Théorie des prix
  • Production (Économie)
DEF

Surplus de revenu qui échoit au producteur d'un facteur par rapport au montant minimal dont il a besoin pour maintenir le facteur de production dans son état actuel et l'offrir sur le marché.

OBS

Au sens économique, la rente est à l'origine le revenu foncier [...] la rente à tous les surplus non gagnés dont peuvent bénéficier les sujets économiques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Planificación económica
  • Teoría de fijación de precios
  • Producción (Economía)
DEF

El rendimiento por la utilización de un factor de producción en exceso del mínimo necesario para producir el servicio del factor. Es el excedente que le queda al beneficiario de un proyecto después de que recibe las recompensas necesarias para atraer insumos físicos, mano de obra, capacidad empresarial y la disposición a correr riesgos.

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Record 2 2015-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • National and International Economics
CONT

If labor could be ignored, the distribution of incomes would tend to be that determined by the distribution of wealth at the same interest return; twice the wealth yields twice the income.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie nationale et internationale

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Economics
  • Work and Production
CONT

The law of diminishing returns does in fact hold, our experiment can have but one result : the second extra labor unit will add less extra output than did the first. Adding a third extra unit of labor will, if diminishing return holds, result in still lower extra output.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie de l'entreprise
  • Travail et production

Spanish

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Record 4 1984-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Employment Benefits
  • Collective Agreements and Bargaining
DEF

the surrendering of fringe benefits or other advantages gained previously by a labor union, usually in return for an increase in wages or other concessions by management.

CONT

New York City and its Transit Authority are both demanding givebacks to compensate for pay increases sought by their unions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Avantages sociaux
  • Conventions collectives et négociations
CONT

Les journaux ont mentionné récemment des accords qui prévoient souvent des augmentations très modestes et même parfois des "restitutions" de la part des syndicats.

OBS

Contexte tiré du bulletin mensuel (Revue des Affaires) de mai 1983 de la Banque de Montréal.

Spanish

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Record 5 1981-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Conditions and Forecasting
OBS

If labor could be ignored, the distribution of incomes would tend to be that determined by the distribution of wealth : at the same interest return, twice the wealth yields twice the income. Hence, property incomes show great Lorenz inequality.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prévisions et conjonctures économiques

Spanish

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