Resistance takes a more passive form: criticism of the plan's details, foot-dragging, late responses to requests, or arguments over allocation of time and resources among projects.
The prosecution did concede one point to the defense this time: It accepted Mr. Quattrone's argument that the allocation of initial public offerings, the focus of the investigation that he is accused of obstructing, took place in a separate department.
However, in the Sawhoyamaxa Indigenous Community v. Paraguay case, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights rejected argumententhatathehe allocation of indigenous land for the purposes of investment constituted a public purpose (para. 137).
You could make an argument that your allocation of domestic versus foreign stocks should mirror these numbers.
The co-morbidity of the chronic dental and medical conditions is strong argument for the allocation of monetary and human resources according to the "directed vulnerable population strategy" (DVPS) that may be cost saving in the long perspective [ 20].
The UK's 4G auction was ridiculously delayed by arguments over the allocation available to EE (now owned by BT).
Jon Cruddas, MP for Mrs Hodge's neighbour seat of Dagenham, and a deputy leadership candidate, said: "We're in danger of racialising arguments over housing allocation rather than concentrating on the need for greater social housing provision".
An auction is preferred to grandfathering (giving companies permits based on historical output or emissions), because it allows reduced tax distortions, provides more flexibility in distribution of costs, provides greater incentives for innovation, and reduces the need for politically contentious arguments over the allocation of rents.
The argument for strategic asset allocation remains strong, even with the understanding that markets are not truly efficient.
Studies of the effect of female autonomy on child's schooling are fewer, and their results indicate that women's higher autonomy may lead to better educational outcomes for children, based on the argument that household resource allocation is biased and children are better off when women have more control over the family's resources (Lloyd and Blanc 1996).
Wonkish arguments that a better allocation of resources would improve the overall economy were dismissed as "trickle-down economics".
