allocative
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Beginning in the 1960s, conservative scholars at the University of Chicago argued for applying economic analysis, particularly theories about prices and allocative efficiency, to legal questions like antitrust.
From Washington Post
Economists describe the process in terms of “allocative efficiency”: All else equal, the higher the volume of matchmaking, the better will be the matches.
From US News
In countries where the state has withdrawn from key markets, leaving a number of allocative functions to the private sector, domestic or foreign, the result was more about state building than about state shrinking or retreating.
From Forbes
The Board of Fisheries and Board of Game are responsible for most policy and allocative decisions; the Alaska Department of Fish and Game is responsible for day-to-day management.
From Washington Times
And for solving the allocative problems it brings.
From Scientific American
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