initial allocation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinitialandallocation
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initial
adjective[before noun]
uk/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/us/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/
of or at ...
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allocation
noun
uk/ˌæl.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌæl.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/
the process of giving someone their part of a total amount of something to use in a ...
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(Definition ofinitialandallocationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Furthermore, this condition is independent of the firm'sinitialallocationof permits.
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Thus, there is no need for aninitialallocationof currency.
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This implies further, that theinitialallocationof permits can also be used as a substitute for greater enforcement efforts.
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A key issue in any tradable permit scheme is theinitialallocationof property rights (or permits).
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State agents are assumed to be benevolent, and theinitialallocationof water (both within and between countries) inefficient.
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However, determining a fairinitialallocationof emission entitlements is only a first step towards fair burden sharing.
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The firm would like to sell permits from itsinitialallocation, but transaction costs are an impediment to that end.
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The marginal benefit of violating the permit holding is the firm's marginal abatement costs evaluated at itsinitialallocation.
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Theinitialallocationfor 1950 is 1,000.
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Theinitialallocationmust definitely be free of charge.
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Following theinitialallocationof places, 17 parents submitted appeals.
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Aninitialallocationof £15,233 million has been made.
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Under those circumstances, a system of tradable permits (with grandfathering of theinitialallocation) could prove more politically acceptable than one of charges.
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The expected marginal cost of choosing an emissions level that exceeds theinitialallocationof permits is the expected marginal penalty.
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Theinitialallocationfor 1978–79 was £260,000.
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Their potential to generate revenue is substantial ifinitialallocationis done by auction and if fees are charged annually for holding both exercised and unexercised permits.
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Distributions within the intervals were assumed to be uniform, whereasinitialallocationbetween intervals was assumed to follow the empirically verified ratio of 8:1:1 (16).
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Much of the literature on burden sharing in the climate change regime has focused on the 'fairinitialallocation' of property rights to greenhouse gas emissions.
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Theinitialallocationwas 18,715 tonnes and the supplementary allocation was 137,500 tonnes.
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The council'sinitialallocationfor 1983–84 is £35·103 million.
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As a result, theinitialallocationof resources to the new function will be small.
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These involve a specialinitialallocationof over £60,000 for training in this field.
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Theirinitialallocationin 1988–89 is again £5·5 million.
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Crucial to the scheme's success is theinitialallocation, and that is not a market mechanism.
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This was followed by a new selective investment scheme with aninitialallocationof £100 million.
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