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Les comptes de patrimoine

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  • Alain Benedetti
  • Georges Consolo
  • Annie Fouquet

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[fre] Les comptes de patrimoine constituent une innovation tant en France qu'à l'étranger. Les résultats proposés dépendent bien sûr fortement de la définition comptable qui a été retenue : le patrimoine, c'est-à-dire celui de l'ensemble des personnes résidant sur le territoire métropolitain, apparaît comme la somme des actifs physiques et des créances détenues diminuée de celle des engagements financiers. Ils dépendent de plus des conventions de mesure adoptées : valeur d'acquisition, de remplacement, de réalisation. Même si cette première expérience peut présenter des lacunes, elle permet enfin de répondre à des questions simples en apparence : qui détient ce patrimoine, de quoi se compose-t-il, comment a-t-il évolué de 1971 à 1976, et qui finance qui? Au terme de l'évaluation de ses différentes composantes (terrains, logements, autres constructions, matériels, stocks, actifs incorporels, encours financiers, titres), le patrimoine national est estimé au 31 décembre 1976 à 6,900 milliards de F, ce qui représente quatre années de produit national, et les ménages en possèdent les deux tiers. [eng] Wealth accounts - National Balance-sheets are something new both in France and abroad. The results obtained are highly dependent, of course, upon the accounting definition adopted; wealth, limited to the tangible wealth only of those resident in metropolitan France, appears to be equal to the tangible and financial assets less their financial liabilities. Furthermore, the value of these assets varies depending on whether the purchase, replacement, or selling price is considered. Even if this initial attempt presents a certain number of gaps, it finally makes it possible to answer a number of deceptively simple questions : who owns the wealth, of what is it composed, how has it evolved from 1971 to 1976, and who finances whom? After evaluating its different components (land, housing, other real estate, equipment, stocks, intangible assets, outstanding debts, securities) the national wealth is estimated as of December 31, 1976 at 6,900 billion francs, which is the equivalent of four years of national product, and households own two thirds of this. [spa] Las cuentas patrimoniales - Las cuentas patrimoniales constituyen una novedad, tanto en Francia como en el extranjero. Los resultados propuestos dependen, desde luego, de la definición contable seleccionada : el patrimonio, limitándolo únicamente al patrimonio ffsico de los que residen en territorio metropolitano, iguala el valor de los activos físicos y financieros menos los compromisos financieros. Dependen además de la medida que se toma de ellos : valor adquisitivo, valor de substitución, de realización. Si bien esta primera experiencia puede presentar lagunas, permite cuando menos dar una respuesta a preguntas que, a primera vista, parecen sencillas : ¿ quien disfruta este patrimonio ? ¿ de que esta compuesto ? ¿ como evolucionó de 1971 a 1976 ? y ¿ quien finanza a quien ? Una vez llevada a cabo la valorización de sus diversos componentes (tierras y terrenos, viviendas, demis edificaciones, material, stocks, activos no corporales, stock de préstamos financieros, titulos), el patrimonio nacional se estima, con fecha del 31 de diciembre de 1976, a 6,9 billones de francos, lo cual representa cuatro anos de producto nacional, y los hogares son poseedores de los dos tercios.

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  • Alain Benedetti & Georges Consolo & Annie Fouquet, 1979. "Les comptes de patrimoine," Économie et Statistique, Programme National Persée, vol. 114(1), pages 5-20.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:ecstat:estat_0336-1454_1979_num_114_1_2825
    DOI: 10.3406/estat.1979.2825
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