Definition: Retirements

Category: National accounts

Retirements occur when capital assets are withdrawn from the capital stock at the end of their service lives. Retirements are synonymous with “discards” and “scrapping”. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/oecd_measuring_capital_2001_en.pdf
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), "Measuring Capital - OECD Manual: Measurement of Capital Stocks, Consumption of Fixed Capital and Capital Services", Annex 1: Glossary of technical terms used in the Manual, Paris, 2001
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