economic efficiency
collocation in Englishmeaningsofeconomicandefficiency
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economic
adjective
uk/ˌiː.kəˈnɒm.ɪk/us/ˌiː.kəˈnɑː.mɪk/
relating to trade, industry, ...
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efficiency
noun
uk/ɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si/us/ɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si/
the quality of working well in an organized way, without wasting time ...
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(Definition ofeconomicandefficiencyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Theeconomicefficiencypotential of using robots is defined by construction quantities, a high level of manual work, and hard and unfavorable working conditions.
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In a related but somewhat different vein, public choice theory and applied research suggesteconomicefficiencyis not a major consideration in actual resource policy.
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High levels of regulation are necessary both on grounds ofeconomicefficiencyand risk management.
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Agents can make good decisions fast, again minimizing costs and improving overalleconomicefficiencywithout necessarily involving humans.
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Officials, for example, were convinced that rent controls hinderedeconomicefficiencyby impeding the mobility of labour.
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This test also helps to control for alternative explanations for the evolution of these unions, includingeconomicefficiencyconcerns, political instability and colonial heritage.
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Ifeconomicefficiencymaximization is the only policy goal, then the negative effects of globalization on democracy do not matter.
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These regulatory measures have their own failures in trying to correct the market's flaws in pursuing the notions ofeconomicefficiency.
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This type of space, it seems, is gradually disappearing in the quest for development andeconomicefficiency.
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But prior to the emergence of modern technologies, being capitalist in this sense did not necessarily confer significant advantages ineconomicefficiency.
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Thus, their phasing-out constitutes the so-called win-win reforms that yield positive gains for the environment and, at the same time, can increaseeconomicefficiency.
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A third perspective, that conservation may be consistent witheconomicefficiency, is hampered by the difficulties of measuring the non-market benefits of conservation.
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In this sense, the twin goals ofeconomicefficiencyand environmental conservation are intertwined.
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Economicefficiencysuggests tradable permit systems that can both cap total pumping and allow flexibility in use patterns over time.
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The focus of water management increasingly turned from large-scale engineering projects to a focus oneconomicefficiencyand environmental concerns.
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Thus differences across counties in the security afforded by holding land titles may be affectingeconomicefficiency.
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Policies that are bad foreconomicefficiencyare also often bad for the environment, so that policy reforms will benefit both objectives.
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There are several methods available to evaluateeconomicefficiency(7).
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The past few years have shown a considerable increase in the number of applied studies reporting the costs oreconomicefficiencyof health interventions (22).
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