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Twin Deficits Revisited: A Role for Fiscal Institutions? [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2018 We revisit the twin deficit relationship for a sample of 193 countries over the period 1980-2016, using a panel fixed effect (within-group) estimator, bias-corrected least-squares dummy variable, system GMM, and common correlated effects pooled estimation procedures. The analysis accounts also for the existence of fiscal rules in place, their features,
Afonso, António +3 more
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Determinants of Budget Deficit in Nigeria
Journal of International Business, Economics and Entrepreneurship, 2021 This paper investigates the factors governing the determination of budget deficit in Nigeria from 1981q1 through 2016q4. Our methodology is based on Johansen cointegration and Vector Error Correction model (VECM) approach.
Maimuna M Shehu, Ibrahim M Adamu
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Political business cycle and fiscal discipline in Sub-Saharan Africa
European Journal of Government and Economics, 2021 We tested the Political Business Cycle theory in Sub-Sahara Africa. To provide an empirical explanation for this nexus, this paper used unbalanced panel data from thirty-six (36) Sub-Saharan African countries between 1990 and 2018. The system Generalized
Funsho Obakemi +3 more
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Debts and deficits with fragmented fiscal policymaking [PDF]
Journal of Public Economics, 2000 Abstract This paper develops a political-economic model of fiscal policy — one in which government resources are a ‘common property’ out of which interest groups can finance expenditures on their preferred items. This setup has striking macroeconomic implications. Transfers are higher than a benevolent planner would choose them to be; fiscal deficits
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Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Establishing a comprehensive apheresis medicine program in a resource‐constrained setting presents significant structural, financial, and logistical challenges. Despite the growing clinical importance of apheresis services globally, published experience from sub‐Saharan Africa remains sparse.
Folasade Adelekan‐Popoola +4 more
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Commitment, Deficit Ceiling, and Fiscal Privilege [PDF]
FinanzArchiv, 2014 This study analyzes how commitment to a deficit ceiling can affect private agents political efforts, as well as overall welfare, in a hard- and a soft-budget regime, using a two-period model simulating a present and a future generation and a government. In the hard-budget regime, the government imposes the deficit ceiling before the present generations
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The link between fiscal deficit and inflation: do public sector wages matter? [PDF]
, 2012 This paper investigates the validity of the hypothesis that suggests there is a link between fiscal deficits and inflation in developing countries and further explores this link in the absence of public sector wage expenditure.
Hemantha K.J Ekanayake
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FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.Repair of neuronal DNA damage in Alzheimer's disease by KCL‐286. (A) Amyloid‐β oligomers and plaques impair neuronal DNA repair pathways, leading to DNA double‐strand breaks and glial activation. (B) KCL‐286 activates RARβ/RXR signalling via retinoic acid response elements (RAREs), associated with increased BRCA1 expression, enhanced DNA repair and ...
Natasha Hill +6 more
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Examining the Twin Deficit Hypothesis: Evidence From Selected SADC Countries
Journal of Management and Research, 2015 This paper investigates the existence of a causal relationship between fiscal balance and current account balance over the period 1980-2011, for nine SADC countries individually.
REGINALD CHAONEKA
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Pathways and pitfalls: a qualitative study of student experiences in biomedical science education
FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.Biomedical science students from underrepresented backgrounds face barriers including financial strain, disrupted laboratory access and cultural exclusion. Peer networks provide vital support when institutional systems are difficult to navigate. To create inclusive learning environments and achieve academic success, educators should blend active, hands‐
Olivia J. Russell +8 more
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