Definition: Standard efficiency unit

Category: National accounts

A stock of a particular type of asset is converted to standard efficiency units by adjusting the older assets in the stock to account for their reduced efficiency in producing capital services. 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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