allocation mechanism
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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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mechanism
noun[C]
uk/ˈmek.ə.nɪ.zəm/us/ˈmek.ə.nɪ.zəm/
a part of a machine, or a set of parts that ...
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As long as this (somewhat hidden)allocationmechanismstill exists, no amount of regulation will be able to control inequities.
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These observations imply that institutional assumptions underlie our notion of resourceallocationmechanism.
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In cases of symmetric claims, it seems optimal to use a symmetricallocationmechanism.
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But this is true in many other countries too, even if the basic resourceallocationmechanismis the market mechanism.
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Within public goods provision, embezzlement of the actual good can be detrimental to both market and non-marketallocationmechanism.
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The condition requires that the same resourceallocationmechanismprevails in all countries.
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We call this relationship a resourceallocationmechanism.
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Even worse, because of the dynamic memory behaviour a complex heapallocationmechanism, including a garbage collector, is necessary.
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The resourceallocationmechanismthereby implements a feasible path of consumption flows, net investment flows, and capital stocks, for any initial vector of capital stocks.
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The traditional argument suggests that departures from perfect competition are detrimental for growth insofar as they are bound to generate inefficiencies in theallocationmechanismprovided by the credit market.
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I invoke weak assumptions concerning how dynamic welfare is derived - by not necessarily assuming discounted utilitarianism - and how the economy functions - by not necessarily assuming an optimal resourceallocationmechanism.
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Anallocationmechanismcould reflect the imbalance in per capita carbon dioxide emission rates.
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Clearly the key to success is theallocationmechanismand the formula that is adopted for the allocation of funds to different purchasing health districts.
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An authoritativeallocationmechanisminvolves direct control of resources while, at the other end of the spectrum, more market-oriented private allocation mechanisms are possible.
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The role of property rights, both private and collective, and their implied resource allocation mechanisms are studied.
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Now we know that even if production functions are differentiable, optimum resource allocation mechanisms can have discontinuities.
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While processes of housing choice ultimately may be bound up with wider factors, specifically financial incentives, it is tenant selection and allocation mechanisms which act as the mechanism of access.
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Such forecasts we call resource allocation mechanisms.
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That is why the modern economic controversies are almost always about the relative importance which different kinds of allocation mechanisms should have.
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