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Net income per share (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Allocation of Net Income Available to Common Shareholders using Two-Class Method | The following table shows how net income is allocated using the two-class method for earnings per common share for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2014 and 2013:
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, |
|  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
|  | Basic |  |  | Diluted |  |  | Basic |  |  | Diluted |
Net income |  | $ | 30,327,953 |  |  | $ | 30,327,953 |  |  | $ | 17,522,591 |  |  | $ | 17,522,591 |
Net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests |  |  | (63,980 | ) |  |  | (63,980 | ) |  |  | (42,338 | ) |  |  | (42,338 | )
Change in redeemable amount of noncontrolling interest |  |  | 60,679 |  |  |  | 60,679 |  |  |  | 215,960 |  |  |  | 215,960 |
Net income attributable to MercadoLibre, Inc. Shareholders corresponding to common stock |  | $ | 30,324,652 |  |  | $ | 30,324,652 |  |  | $ | 17,696,213 |  |  | $ | 17,696,213 |
Net Income Per Share of Common Stock | Net income per share of common stock is as follows for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2014 and 2013:
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, |
|  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
|  | Basic |  |  | Diluted |  |  | Basic |  |  | Diluted |
Net income attributable to MercadoLibre, Inc. Shareholders per common share |  | $ | 0.69 |  |  | $ | 0.69 |  |  | $ | 0.40 |  |  | $ | 0.40 |
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Net income attributable to MercadoLibre, Inc. Shareholders |  | $ | 30,324,652 |  |  | $ | 30,324,652 |  |  | $ | 17,696,213 |  |  | $ | 17,696,213 |
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Weighted average of common stock outstanding for Basic earnings per share |  |  | 44,153,818 |  |  |  | 44,153,818 |  |  |  | 44,151,323 |  |  |  | 44,151,323 |
Adjustment for stock options |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 34 |
Adjusted weighted average of common stock outstanding for Diluted earnings per share |  |  | 44,153,818 |  |  |  | 44,153,818 |  |  |  | 44,151,323 |  |  |  | 44,151,357 |

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