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PARETO CRITERION [2 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2015-04-21
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Economic Planning
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- Pareto improvement
1, record 1, English, Pareto%20improvement
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- Pareto criterion 2, record 1, English, Pareto%20criterion
correct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
In the language of welfare economics, a change that makes at least one member of a community better off and makes none worse off is a Pareto improvement. 3, record 1, English, - Pareto%20improvement
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Resources are allocated efficiently when it is not possible to change the allocation of resources ... without making someone worse off. If it is possible to reallocate resources and make some people better off ... while making no one else worse off, then the existing pattern of resource allocation is not efficient. This criterion of efficiency is called the Pareto criterion ... 4, record 1, English, - Pareto%20improvement
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Planification économique
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- critère de Pareto
1, record 1, French, crit%C3%A8re%20de%20Pareto
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Le critère de Pareto est à la fois l'un des critères les plus simples et des plus applicables. Il postule que «tout changement qui ne nuit à personne et qui améliore la situation de certains individus (selon leur estimation) doit être considéré comme une amélioration» [...] 2, record 1, French, - crit%C3%A8re%20de%20Pareto
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2015-01-07
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Economic Planning
- Decision-Making Process
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- compensation principle
1, record 2, English, compensation%20principle
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
- Haldor-Hicks compensation principle 2, record 2, English, Haldor%2DHicks%20compensation%20principle
- Haldor-Hicks principle 2, record 2, English, Haldor%2DHicks%20principle
- Hicks-Haldor criterion 3, record 2, English, Hicks%2DHaldor%20criterion
- Haldor-Hicks criterion 4, record 2, English, Haldor%2DHicks%20criterion
- potential Pareto improvement criterion 5, record 2, English, potential%20Pareto%20improvement%20criterion
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
A test of whether or not social welfare is increased by some economic change. ... the compensation principle ... states that, if the gainers from a change could fully compensate the losers from the change, and still be better off than they were before the change, then the change can be deemed desirable, even if the compensation is not actually paid. 6, record 2, English, - compensation%20principle
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Planification économique
- Processus décisionnel
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- principe de compensation
1, record 2, French, principe%20de%20compensation
correct, masculine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
- test de compensation 2, record 2, French, test%20de%20compensation
masculine noun
- test de compensation Hicks-Kaldor 2, record 2, French, test%20de%20compensation%20Hicks%2DKaldor
masculine noun
- critère de Kaldor 3, record 2, French, crit%C3%A8re%20de%20Kaldor
masculine noun
- critère des transferts potentiels 4, record 2, French, crit%C3%A8re%20des%20transferts%20potentiels
masculine noun
- critère de l'amélioration possible de Pareto 5, record 2, French, crit%C3%A8re%20de%20l%27am%C3%A9lioration%20possible%20de%20Pareto
masculine noun
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[...] [le] principe de compensation [...] peut se formuler ainsi : si une opération a un surplus global positif, on peut trouver un système de transferts compensatoires tel que le surplus de chaque individu soit positif, c'est-à-dire tel que la situation de chacun soit améliorée. Dans la réalité toutefois, on ne met pas en œuvre à chaque instant de tels systèmes de transferts compensatoires [...] 6, record 2, French, - principe%20de%20compensation
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Planificación económica
- Proceso de adopción de decisiones
Record 2, Main entry term, Spanish
- principio de compensación
1, record 2, Spanish, principio%20de%20compensaci%C3%B3n
correct, masculine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 2, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
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