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==Origin==
 
==Origin==
 
Medieval Latin, from [[Latin]] ''quota pars'' how great a [[part]]
 
Medieval Latin, from [[Latin]] ''quota pars'' how great a [[part]]
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==Definitions==
 
==Definitions==
 
*1: a [[proportional]] part or share; especially : the share or proportion assigned to each in a division or to each member of a [[body]]
 
*1: a [[proportional]] part or share; especially : the share or proportion assigned to each in a division or to each member of a [[body]]
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A ''production'' '''quota''' is a [[goal]] for the production of a good. It is typically set by a [[government]] or an [[organization]], and can be applied to an individual worker, firm, [[industry]] or country. Quotas can be set high to [[encourage]] production, or can be used to limit production to [[control]] the supply of goods. The aim of restricting supply is to maintain a certain price level.
 
A ''production'' '''quota''' is a [[goal]] for the production of a good. It is typically set by a [[government]] or an [[organization]], and can be applied to an individual worker, firm, [[industry]] or country. Quotas can be set high to [[encourage]] production, or can be used to limit production to [[control]] the supply of goods. The aim of restricting supply is to maintain a certain price level.
  
On 16 June 1953, a production quota increase of 10 percent for workers building [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Berlin East Berlin]'s new boulevard, the ''Stalinallee'' (today known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Marx-Allee Karl-Marx-Allee]), resulted in [[demonstrations]] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uprising_of_1953_in_East_Germany uprising of 1953 in East Germany].
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On 16 June 1953, a production quota increase of 10 percent for workers building [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Berlin East Berlin]'s new boulevard, the ''Stalinallee'' (today known as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Marx-Allee Karl-Marx-Allee]), resulted in [[demonstrations]] and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uprising_of_1953_in_East_Germany uprising of 1953 in East Germany].
  
Quotas, like other trade restrictions, are used to benefit the producers of a good at the expense of all [[consumers]] in that [[economy]]. Possible effects are [[corruption]] PCC for short (bribes to get a quota allocation) or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smuggling smuggling] (circumventing a quota) They are thought to be less economically [[efficient]] than [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariff tariffs] which in turn are less economically efficient than [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_trade free trade].
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Quotas, like other trade restrictions, are used to benefit the producers of a good at the expense of all [[consumers]] in that [[economy]]. Possible effects are [[corruption]] PCC for short (bribes to get a quota allocation) or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smuggling smuggling] (circumventing a quota) They are thought to be less economically [[efficient]] than [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariff tariffs] which in turn are less economically efficient than [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_trade free trade].
  
 
[[Category: Economics]]
 
[[Category: Economics]]

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Origin

Medieval Latin, from Latin quota pars how great a part

Definitions

  • 1: a proportional part or share; especially : the share or proportion assigned to each in a division or to each member of a body
  • 2: the number or amount constituting a proportional share
  • 3: a fixed number or percentage of minority group members or women needed to meet the requirements of affirmative action

Description

A production quota is a goal for the production of a good. It is typically set by a government or an organization, and can be applied to an individual worker, firm, industry or country. Quotas can be set high to encourage production, or can be used to limit production to control the supply of goods. The aim of restricting supply is to maintain a certain price level.

On 16 June 1953, a production quota increase of 10 percent for workers building East Berlin's new boulevard, the Stalinallee (today known as Karl-Marx-Allee), resulted in demonstrations and the uprising of 1953 in East Germany.

Quotas, like other trade restrictions, are used to benefit the producers of a good at the expense of all consumers in that economy. Possible effects are corruption PCC for short (bribes to get a quota allocation) or smuggling (circumventing a quota) They are thought to be less economically efficient than tariffs which in turn are less economically efficient than free trade.