economic rationale

collocation in English

meaningsofeconomicandrationale

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economic
adjective
uk
/ˌiː.kəˈnɒm.ɪk/us
/ˌiː.kəˈnɑː.mɪk/
relating to trade, industry, ...
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rationale
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌræʃ.əˈnɑːl/us
/ˌræʃ.əˈnæl/
the reasons or intentions that cause a particular set of beliefs ...
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(Definition ofeconomicandrationalefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofeconomic rationale

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This is theeconomicrationalefor the watershed development program in dry land areas, promoting equity in access to water resources.
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There is, of course, aneconomicrationalefor this, based on the common human desire to pool risks.
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Is there aneconomicrationalefor public financing of private environmental investments required for regulatory compliance during the transition process?
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It was clear from the research that aneconomicrationalewas not absent, either from parental decision-making, or even from grandparental offers of help.
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This paper explores theeconomicrationalefor its emergence.
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This indicates that there iseconomicrationalefor well deepening.
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For business, on one hand, intensified competition from unregulated labour overseas and the ease of relocation undermined theeconomicrationalefor compromise with labour.
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This article aims to explain the sources of this enduring commitment to the project, despite its decreasingeconomicrationale.
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While making investment, as the result has shown, is based oneconomicrationale, giving donation involves affection and sentiment attached to a place.
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The good governance agenda can be seen to represent an extension of this role, and has an # underlyingeconomicrationalewhich should not be ignored.
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Theeconomicrationaleto maximize abilities is also evident.
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It was disparities of this order that provided theeconomicrationaleof the restructuring programme.
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The comprehensive model 4 shows that both the individual and the collectiveeconomicrationaleare important - but the individual rationale matters more.
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Theeconomicrationalefor public intervention to reduce soil degradation rests on the increase in social efficiency resulting from internalising on-site and off-site externalities of soil erosion.
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In the long run, however, the 'weight' of state organisation, based on a would-be universalist assertion ofeconomicrationale, has clearly proved the greater.
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Attali (ibid.) was convinced that the very sonic representation of industry was a marker for a neweconomicrationale.
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I fail to see theeconomicrationalefrom anyone's point of view, including that of the manufacturers.
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What conceivableeconomicrationalecould there be for doing that?
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There is aneconomicrationalefor having an off-peak fare.
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