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• Consumption of fixed capital — (CFC) is a term used in business accounts, tax assessments and national accounts for depreciation of fixed assets. CFC is used in preference to depreciation to emphasize that fixed capital is used up in the process of generating new output, and… …   Wikipedia

• Consumption smoothing — is the economic concept used to express the desire of people for having a stable path of consumption. Since Milton Friedman s permanent income theory (1956) and Modigliani and Brumberg (1954) life cycle model, the idea that agents prefer a stable …   Wikipedia

• consumption — /keuhn sump sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction. 2. the amount consumed: the high consumption of gasoline. 3. Econ. the using up of goods and services having an exchangeable value. 4. Pathol. a. Older Use.… …   Universalium

• Consumption tax — Taxation An aspect of fiscal policy …   Wikipedia

• consumption function — ▪ economics       in economics, the relationship between consumer spending and the various factors determining it. At the household or family level, these factors may include income, wealth, expectations about the level and riskiness of future… …   Universalium

• account for — 1) PHRASAL VERB If a particular thing accounts for a part or proportion of something, that part or proportion consists of that thing, or is used or produced by it. [V P n] Computers account for 5% of the country s commercial electricity… …   English dictionary

• alcohol consumption — Introduction  the drinking of beverages containing ethyl alcohol. alcoholic beverages are consumed largely for their physiological and psychological effects, but they are often consumed within specific social contexts and may even be a part of… …   Universalium

• World energy resources and consumption — In order to directly compare world energy resources and consumption of energy, this article uses SI units and prefixes and measures energy rate (or power) in watts (W) and amounts of energy in joules (J). One watt is one joule per second. In 2005 …   Wikipedia

• Intermediate consumption — is an economic concept used in national accounts, such as the United Nations System of National Accounts (UNSNA) and the US National Income and Product Accounts (NIPA). Conceptually, the aggregate intermediate consumption is equal to the amount… …   Wikipedia

• Over-consumption — Energy consumption per capita per country in 2001 …   Wikipedia

• Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production — The Wuppertal Institute and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) jointly founded the Wuppertal based Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP) in 2005 to establish an internationally visible institution for scientific… …   Wikipedia