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Stock and flow

Economics, business, accounting, and related fields often distinguish between quantities that are stocks and those that are flows. These differ in their units of measurement. A stock is measured at one specific time, and represents a quantity existing at that point in time (say, December 31, 2004), which may have accumulated in the past. A flow variable…

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Stocks and flows in accounting

Comparing stocks and flows

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Stock and flow

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Stock and flow

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Stock and flow → Climate, Earth's, In, In Earth, Jay Forrester, Mathematically, Stocks, The, Thus

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greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphereinstance ofreducing inflows0.80text
and increasing outflows such as carbon dioxide removalinstance ofreducing inflows0.80text
Stock and flowrelated to More general usesStocks0.60section
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Stock and flowrelated to More general usesClimate0.60section
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Stock and flowrelated to More general usesIn Earth0.60section

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