come at a lost opportunity cost to

22:10 Dec 27, 2014

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English term or phrase: come at a lost opportunity cost to

The precautionary principle illuminates the clear difference between a payment for preservation and a license to destroy. For example, policymakers sometimes seek to prioritize biodiversity preservation over agricultural or infrastructural development in a certain area, where this lack of development might come at a lost opportunity cost to the farmers or other owners of the land. Thus, to compensate them for the forgone economic opportunity, the state provides a direct payment to the land owners, essentially a payment for the "ecosystem service" maintained.

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représent un coût de renoncement/renonciation

B D Finch

4 -1

conduit à un manque à gagner pour ...

HERBET Abel

représenter un manque à gagner

Emmanuella

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conduit à un manque à gagner pour ...

HERBET Abel
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représenter un manque à gagner

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Emmanuella
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représent un coût de renoncement/renonciation

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Opportunity cost is a specific concept in economics and the term is also used in French. As this is an opportunity cost that is already deemed to be lost, rather than an opportunity cost used to decide upon policy, I think the more negative French term "renoncement" is more appropriate here. However, " coût d'opportunité " could also be used.

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coût_d'opportunité#cite_note-1
"Le coût d'opportunité (de l'anglais opportunity cost) ou plus rarement coût d'option, coût alternatif, coût de substitution ou coût de renoncement ou "coût de renonciation" désigne la perte des biens auxquels on renonce lorsqu'on procède à un choix, autrement dit lorsqu'on affecte les ressources disponibles à un usage donné au détriment d'autres choix. C'est le coût d'une chose estimé en termes d'opportunités non-réalisées, ou encore la valeur de la meilleure autre option non-réalisée."

B D Finch
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