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Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Earnings Per Share Basic And Diluted Table | The following tables present a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator of the basic and diluted earnings per share computation for income from continuing operations for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013. In the table below, income represents the numerator and weighted-average shares represent the denominator:
|  | Three Months Ended March 31,
|  | 2014 |  | 2013
|  | Income |  | Shares |  | $ per Share |  | Income |  | Shares |  | $ per Share
|  | (in millions except per share data)
BASIC EARNINGS PER SHARE |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to The AES Corporation common stockholders |  | $ | (47 | ) |  | 724 |  |  | $ | (0.07 | ) |  | $ | 112 |  |  | 745 |  |  | $ | 0.15 |
EFFECT OF DILUTIVE SECURITIES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock options |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |
Restricted stock units |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 3 |  |  | — |
DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE |  | $ | (47 | ) |  | 724 |  |  | $ | (0.07 | ) |  | $ | 112 |  |  | 749 |  |  | $ | 0.15 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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