misallocation

Structural supply and demand imbalances and a misallocation of capital on a global scale mean high volatility in commodity markets, he said.

Beyond education, the American economy seems to be suffering from a misallocation of resources.

The flood of money encouraged capital misallocation, stimulated property speculation, nurtured shady nonbank lending and worsened inflation.

You cannot have development on such a scale and at such a speed without misallocation of capital, even in a planned economy.

But by "picking winners" , it risks a huge misallocation of resources if it makes the wrong choice.

But investors forever confuse the two skills, and this leads to a damaging misallocation of capital.

This can lead to a lack of flexibility, as well as a misallocation of resources.

It notes that misallocation of women's skills and labor due to market or social discrimination can result in large economic losses.

Environmental valuations aim to solve a problem that troubles both economists and ecologists: the misallocation of resources.

Some of Europe's most stubborn structural problems involve the misallocation of public spending.

But the United Nations mechanism for evaluating credits has been plagued by allegations of fraud and misallocation of resources.

Moreover, most forms of government spending result in the misallocation of labor and capital, causing even further damage.

Misallocation of resources by both central and local authorities threatens to create a major property bubble.

In the following, Tyler Cowen focuses on the misallocation of risk due to government induced moral hazard.

This misallocation of resources results in lower productivity and reduced real wages.

However, Goldman Sachs thinks this is just part of a much bigger problem of capital and resource misallocation .

He also ties the misallocation of resources and corruption to the current food crisis in Kenya.

The allocation of funding to housing, much of which is captured by the economic and social elite, seems a misallocation of scarce resources.

There is ample historical evidence that government control over banks' lending can breed cronyism and misallocation of funds.

I can't help but feel that spending money on professional sports is a misallocation of capital.

Frances worried this might cause a misallocation of school resources.

The result could only be a massive misallocation of capital.

He is concerned that, if they stay so low for long, there will be the risk of resource misallocation , ' Kanno says.

Every few years, one should adjust the yardsticks of performance in order to avoid misallocation resulting from chasing targets.

As yet the misallocation of capital is on a relatively small scale.

Yet the core problem is that Japan suffers from a gross misallocation of resources, both financial and human.

So which was it, misperception, misrepresentation, or misallocation?

As a result, interest rates are kept artificially low, boosting exports, but also leading to overinvestment and misallocation of capital.

The most important resource misallocation in China is under- utilised labour.

It is this misallocation of the world capital stock which economists should be concerned about.