productive asset
collocation in Englishmeaningsofproductiveandasset
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productive
adjective
uk/prəˈdʌk.tɪv/us/prəˈdʌk.tɪv/
resulting in or providing a large amount or supply ...
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asset
noun
uk/ˈæs.et/us/ˈæs.et/
a useful or valuable quality, skill, ...
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(Definition ofproductiveandassetfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Returns to theproductiveasset, capital, is described below, but returns to other assets can be described in terms of the interest rates they pay.
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The simple reason is that they acquire a fixed interest obligation, not aproductiveasset.
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It would be better to have aproductiveassetoverseas.
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Buying aproductiveassetmeans paying the full tax on the income from it, but no tax need be paid on the advantage of paying no rent on a property.
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In contrast, a return of 5 % would produce a much larger pension, financed in part by productive assets rather than taxes.
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The couple had no productive assets, and their house was modestly furnished.
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Although the estimates are not statistically significant, the point estimates for fixed productive assets and livestock inventories were 683 yuan and 161 yuan, respectively.
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Smallholders rationally responded by underinvesting in productive assets and overinvesting in defensive assets, relative to the socially optimal level.
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Because this inward-turned reproductive strategy is biased towards low-return activities, it acts as a major constraint on the accumulation of productive assets.
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Since productive assets lie substantially in private hands, officials cannot 'command' businesses to perform their necessary functions; they can only provide inducements.
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This result implies that wealthier households (in terms of productive assets) tend to allocate relatively more land to tree planting, all things being equal.
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It is noteworthy that households might directly use only fuel wood and timber; all other biomass goes as input into some productive assets, for example agricultural fields or livestock.
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Recent economic research, for example, underscores the anti-growth effects of a legacy of high inequality in the distribution of productive assets and the concentration of farms with diseconomies of scale.
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Studies show that agricultural intensification and expansion are often accompanied by the accumulation of productive assets (such as livestock or tractors) that are biased toward one path or the other.
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Control over key productive assets can give a landowner a vastly disproportionate amount of power over both tenants and others to whom she is more indirectly connected economically.
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It is a question of striking the balance between equity and not wishing to have a break-up of productive assets.
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The land should be treated on a going concern basis, as with other productive assets.
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Such a course would simply divert resources into fixed rather than productive assets.
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We both wish to see the companies investing compensation in new businesses and new productive assets.
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