¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Misallocate
1. [v -CATED, -CATING, -CATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misallocate
Literary usage of Misallocate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Conscription: A Select and Annotated Bibliography by Martin Anderson, Valerie Bloom (1976)
"... military managers allocate resources in response to a false price ratio of
capital to labour and are therefore very likely to misallocate resources. ..."
2. OECD Economic Surveys: Hungary by OECD Staff (2005)
"... its likely propensity to misallocate students and that the division into
vocational and academic streams is anyway less useful in the context ..."
3. The OECD Report on Regulatory Reform by Joanna R. Shelton (1997)
"The weaker the competitive pressures, the greater the ability of economic agents
to set prices above marginal costs and thereby misallocate resources. ..."
4. International Tax Issues Relating to Globalization: Hearing Before the edited by William V. Roth, Jr. (1999)
"... into account some of these interest allocation rules that I think do misallocate
and call income domestic when it is actually foreign income instead? ..."
5. Federal Nutrition Programs: Hearing Before the Committee on Agriculture (1998)
"Child nutrition block grants would misallocate funds among States. States that
experienced increases in child poverty due to higher unemployment, ..."
6. Brazil: Volume 2005 Issue 2 by OECD Staff (2005)
"In this respect, when evaluating alternative policy options, it is important to
note that setting an uneven playing field may not only misallocate resources ..."
Other Resources:
