The temptation of governments to support protectionist trade policies at the behest of producer lobbies and at the expense of consumers is a classic example supporting Olson's theories.
Fastow said he set up partnerships to hide Enron's deteriorating finances at the behest of Skilling, who at one point told him "get me as much of that juice as you can" according to one account of the trial.
Scaroni returned to Italy in 2002 at the behest of Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's prime minister at the time, to run Enel, the former state-owned Italian electrical utility company, where he sold off its water and telephone divisions.
Casinos occasionally oust executives at the behest of regulators or during a regulatory investigation.
Locke will stick around, at the behest of First Reserve Chairman and Chief Executive William Macaulay.
Argentina is on the brink, reeling under higher taxes imposed at the behest of the IMF.
Sometimes at the behest of government and sometimes whether government likes it or not.
Increasingly, say the state's boosters, companies come to Delaware at the behest of shareholders, not management.
Either it slows at their behest, or it will collapse of its own accord.
They also agreed, at the behest of the main health plan in town, an H.
It's been handled, teased and even redesigned at the behest of Razer's social legions.
Ms. FERNANDES: Well, it's being put out by recruiting companies, but at the behest of U.S. companies who are hiring.
The Marine Corps began this study at the behest of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Service (DACOWITS).
Last month, a court ordered her to leave her apartment, at the behest of neighbours who feared for their own safety.
By then an international conference had been held (in 1898) at the behest of Italy to seek help in fighting anarchism.
They also require that they do this using a particular technology, mandated by Europe's regulators at the behest of the European Commission.
It was incorporated as an Illinois not-for-profit corporation in 1963 at the behest of the ABA, which is a tax-exempt business league.
Yet, despite these gains, renewable energy standards are under attack in numerous states, often at the behest of fossil fuel interest groups.
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And they are doing so not so much as a favor to the people, but mainly at the behest of financial markets.
The Mudejars, whose craft flourished in the 14th and 15th centuries, were Muslims often working at the behest of the resurgent Catholic nobility.
EU's initial rejection of emissions trading (done at the behest of green lobbyists) made it impossible for America to stay in the treaty.
Foreign governments will rightly complain to the U.S. and may even accuse the attacking companies of acting at the behest of the U.S. Government.
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When the court announced a guilty verdict, Miss Bhutto accused its chief justice, Malik Qayyum, of acting at the behest of the prime minister.
Monday afternoon, McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds called the ad "vile" and said it was put out "apparently at the behest" of the Obama campaign.
In other words, the tax increases that Greece piled on at the behest of the IMF and the EU did not work as anticipated.
Jordanian intelligence officers also interrogated key al-Qaida suspects at the behest of the CIA in the years immediately after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
The statement was interpreted as a suggestion that the smaller groups have deserted the PPP-led civilian government at the behest of the security establishment.
As part of Mr de Rato's reforms, and largely at the behest of America, the Fund has beefed up its focus on exchange-rate surveillance.
Iraq has complained that Arab foreign ministers delayed a meeting to discuss the situation at the behest of such good American allies as Saudi Arabia.
During his term as commissioner, Shulman never said a word publicly about the IRS whistleblower program, which Congress created in 2006 at the behest of Sen.
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