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- noun Excess
allocation
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The basin, degraded by drought, state governments' overallocation of water rights and by rising levels of salinity in the soil, an effect of irrigation, generates about 15 billion Australian dollars US$14.7 billion in agricultural produce a year, mostly grains, livestock and fiber.
Australia's Breadbasket Faces Water Squeeze Ray Brindal 2011
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Which other aspect of the economy would one rather see waste and overallocation of resources in, if one assumes that reform will be slow if at all possible?
Why is Health Care Inefficient?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The price floor is insurance against price drops due to overallocation and giveaways, and is perhaps the best aspect of whole program.
Mike Sandler: About California's Proposed Cap & Trade Regulation Mike Sandler 2010
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The price floor is insurance against price drops due to overallocation and giveaways, and is perhaps the best aspect of whole program.
Mike Sandler: About California's Proposed Cap & Trade Regulation Mike Sandler 2010
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Because of overallocation, the report said, these 10 companies now have 35 million surplus permits, equivalent to the annual emissions of Latvia and Lithuania.
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“Chronic overallocation into real estate and bad private equity is the Number 1 problem for athletes in terms of a financial meltdown,” Butowsky says.
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The Greenspan low rate buffet backed by Fannie/Freddie mortgage guarantees ultimated backstopped by the taxpayer led to a massive overallocation to housing.
No, Robert Gibbs, We Just Know Barry’s Policies Will Fail - Erick’s blog - RedState 2009
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Despite the EU's declared goal to dole out permits based on objective criteria, industry lobbying led to an overallocation.
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The overallocation kept allowance prices low, but the weak price signal meant very few, if any, emissions reductions can be attributed to the ETS.
Mike Sandler: Climate Lessons from Kyoto to Sacramento to Poznan 2009
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“Chronic overallocation into real estate and bad private equity is the Number 1 problem for athletes in terms of a financial meltdown,” Butowsky says.
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