Overallocation

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? ❋ Unknown (2009)

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. ❋ Ray Brindal (2011)

Because of overallocation, the report said, these 10 companies now have 35 million surplus permits, equivalent to the annual emissions of Latvia and Lithuania. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The price floor is insurance against price drops due to overallocation and giveaways, and is perhaps the best aspect of whole program. ❋ Mike Sandler (2010)

“Chronic overallocation into real estate and bad private equity is the Number 1 problem for athletes in terms of a financial meltdown,” Butowsky says. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Despite the EU's declared goal to dole out permits based on objective criteria, industry lobbying led to an overallocation. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The auctioning of permits may avoid overallocation but instead saddle industry with huge upfront costs. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The overallocation kept allowance prices low, but the weak price signal meant very few, if any, emissions reductions can be attributed to the ETS. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Greenspan low rate buffet backed by Fannie/Freddie mortgage guarantees ultimated backstopped by the taxpayer led to a massive overallocation to housing. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The reason for the overallocation of permits was simple anyway – national governments decided who got how much and they wanted to give as much as possible. ❋ Unknown (2006)

In some cases, overallocation shortchanges operations elsewhere. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But overconfidence, combined with a manic market, combined with overallocation, is a brutal trifecta. ❋ Morgan Housel (2010)

It also will reduce the overallocation of the state's water supplies. ❋ Unknown (2010)

While the Middle East has the longest history of water-related violence by far, my biggest worries today are elsewhere: in Asia, where pollution, massive population growth, serious overallocation and inefficient use of water, weak institutions, and exceedingly complex political relationships combine in a volatile mix. ❋ Peter Gleick (2010)