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The Impact of Health Reform on Health System Spending [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Examines the 2010 healthcare reform law's impact on national health expenditures, through new coverage, savings in public programs, insurance exchanges, and health system modernization; the federal budget; Medicare; and premiums for private ...
David M. Cutler   +2 more
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How Does Cultural and Colonial Heritage Affect Optimal Branding Strategies? Evidence From the Rice Sector in Senegal

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Africa's cultural and colonial heritage has profoundly segmented rice markets. Whereas in ancient centers of rice domestication, consumers maintained preferences for local rice consistent with their cultural heritage, preferences have shifted toward imported Asian rice in coastal areas around seaports, due to prior exposure to colonial import ...
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
wiley   +1 more source

"Soft-Budget Constraints and Local Expenditures" [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper investigates how the soft budget constraint with grants from the central government to local governments tends to exaggerate inefficient local expenditures.
Takero Doi, Toshihiro Ihori
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Farmers' Financial Literacy—Scale Development and Linkages to Accounting Practices and Financial Outcomes

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the financial literacy (FL) of Swedish farmers, its linkages to farmer characteristics, management accounting practices and farm outcomes by surveying Swedish Farm Accountancy Data Network farmers. Using item response theory, we expand the existing FL measurement specifically to the farming context, assess measurement ...
Uliana Gottlieb, Helena Hansson
wiley   +1 more source

Enriching income data with expenditure information: a semi-parametric imputation technique [PDF]

open access: yes
In this paper we describe a methodology for enriching an income dataset with information on expenditures using a semi-parametric imputation technique. Engel curves are first estimated semi-parametrically on household budget data.
André Decoster, Kris De Swerdt
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Reality and Contemporary Economic Classification of Expenditures of Public Institutions in Romania

open access: yesStudies and Scientific Researches: Economics Edition, 2010
In our daily existence, troubled and changing, economy occupies a large space. Increasingly, more economic concepts such as public budget and public expenditures enter within our daily language.
Carolina Soroceanu
doaj   +1 more source

Price Transmission During Promotions: A Case Study of Spanish Milk Brands

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Price promotion is the marketing tool typically used by retail brands to boost sales and gain market share. In this paper, we intend to investigate the price transmission mechanism among competitive brands in Spain when price reductions that are associated with price promotions take place.
Yasmine Bedoui   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

POLITICAL BUDGET CYCLES OR VOTERS AS FISCAL CONSERVATIVES? EVIDENCE FROM COLOMBIA [PDF]

open access: yes
Theoretical models of the political budget cycle suggest that electoral manipulation of government expenditures can take the form of changes in the composition of spending, without impacting the overall budget or the deficit, and that the form and extent
Marcela Eslava
core  

Effect of Government Spending in Different Sectors on Participation Rate in Iran

open access: yesبرنامه‌ریزی و بودجه
The budget mechanism in Iran has always been a subject of debate among experts. The government’s general budget is classified into two sections: revenue and expenditures.
Ali Ghazizadeh Monfared   +1 more
doaj  

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