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CAPITAL-OUTPUT RATIO [4 records]

Record 1 2004-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
DEF

Ratio of the change in capital investment (net of gross investment minus capital consumption allowances) to the change in output.

CONT

If a certain industry adds $2.5 million net to its capital equipment and its yearly output increases by $1 million then its ICOR is 2.5:1.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión presupuestaria y financiera
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Record 2 2002-02-26

English

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

The ratio of the amount of capital to the amount of output produced by that capital.

Key term(s)
  • output-capital ratio
  • ratio of output to capital

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planification économique
  • Production (Économie)
DEF

Rapport entre le stock de capital fixe et la production.

OBS

[Ce ratio vise] à exprimer une relation structurelle technique entre l'ensemble des moyens de production et le volume de la production que leur utilisation permet d'obtenir.

Key term(s)
  • rapport capital-production
  • coefficient capital-production
  • ratio de productivité du capital
  • rapport capital-rendement
  • rapport capital-extrant

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Planificación económica
  • Producción (Economía)
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Record 3 1999-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión presupuestaria y financiera
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Record 4 1996-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
Key term(s)
  • incremental fixed capital output ratio

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur

Spanish

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