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  2. Durable good - Wikipedia

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    A car is a durable good. The gasoline that powers it is a non-durable (or consumable) good.. In economics, a durable good or a hard good or consumer durable is a good that does not quickly wear out or, more specifically, one that yields utility over time rather than being completely consumed in one use.

  3. Durability - Wikipedia

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    In economics, goods with a long usable life are referred to as durable goods. Requirements for product durability

  4. Durable Goods Spending and What It Means for the Economy - AOL

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    The Economic Tentacles of Durable Goods Reach Far and Wide. Aside from what they reveal about the direction of the economy, durable goods also provide important crossover data.

  5. Capital (economics) - Wikipedia

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    In economics, capital goods or capital are "those durable produced goods that are in turn used as productive inputs for further production" of goods and services. [1] A typical example is the machinery used in a factory. At the macroeconomic level, "the nation's capital stock includes buildings, equipment, software, and inventories during a ...

  6. Goods - Wikipedia

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    Economics focuses on the study of economic goods, or goods that are scarce; in other words, producing the good requires expending effort or resources. Economic goods contrast with free goods such as air, for which there is an unlimited supply.

  7. Asset (economics) - Wikipedia

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    As a result of this definition, assets only have positive future prices. This is analogous to the distinction between consumer durables and non-durables. Durables last more than one year. A classic durable is an automobile. A classic non-durable is an apple, which is eaten and lasts less than one year.

  8. Coase conjecture - Wikipedia

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    The Coase conjecture, developed first by Ronald Coase, is an argument in monopoly theory.The conjecture sets up a situation in which a monopolist sells a durable good to a market where resale is impossible and faces consumers who have different valuations.

  9. Glossary of economics - Wikipedia

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    Also called resource cost advantage. The ability of a party (whether an individual, firm, or country) to produce a greater quantity of a good, product, or service than competitors using the same amount of resources. absorption The total demand for all final marketed goods and services by all economic agents resident in an economy, regardless of the origin of the goods and services themselves ...