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Is the rent too high? Land ownership and monopoly power

open access: yesReal Estate Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Pricing power in real estate markets can reduce housing supply and redevelopment relative to the social optimum. We show how pricing power interacts with popular redevelopment subsidies and zoning regulations. Using building‐level rental income data from NYC, we find that increased concentration is correlated with increased rents.
C. Luke Watson, Oren Ziv
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding Digital Financial Literacy Among Older Adults in Sweden

open access: yesAccounting &Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examined digital financial literacy (DFL) among older adults in Sweden, with the aim of refining its conceptualisation for highly digitised welfare states. Sixteen semi‐structured interviews with individuals aged 65–93 across two municipalities were analysed inductively. While online banking and Swish were nearly universal, adoption
Fredrik Lundell, A. F. M. Jalal Ahamed
wiley   +1 more source

Smoking‐induced deprivation and subsequent smoking cessation among adults who smoke in four high‐income countries: Trends, correlates and longitudinal associations, 2016–2024

open access: yesAddiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims Tobacco smoking substantially contributes to poverty. Smoking‐induced deprivation (SID) occurs when people continue smoking despite financial stress. This study examined (i) trends in SID in Canada, the United States (US), England and Australia from 2016 to 2024; (ii) associated factors; and (iii) its impact on quit ...
Ara Cho   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of financial stress on drinking amount and price paid: Australian longitudinal household data

open access: yesAddiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims This study estimated within‐household differences in alcohol consumption, alcohol expenditure, price paid per standard drink and the proportion of household expenditure spent on alcohol between periods with and without financial stress. It also estimated whether these outcomes differed in the year after households no longer
Alexandra Torney   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Challenges in the distribution of community pharmacists in depopulated areas in Japan. [PDF]

open access: yesJ Rural Med
Iguchi K   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Impact of Vertical Fiscal Imbalance on Gambling Policies in New South Wales, Australia: The Rise of the Poker Machine

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study traces how gambling in Australia changed from a simple form of leisure, enjoyed by all social classes in colonial times, to a billion‐dollar industry driven by political and economic imperatives. Using a case study, it links vertical fiscal imbalance (VFI), caused by changes to the state‐federal taxation structure, to the ...
Barbara Kinder, Michael B. Charles
wiley   +1 more source

The Royal Commission on the Constitution, 1927–1929

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Royal Commission on the Constitution (1927–1929) is a little‐remembered event in Australian political, policy and legal history, which produced—in the words of the constitutional law scholar Geoffrey Sawer—‘a useful student's textbook and a minor alteration in the Judiciary Act’.
Carolyn Holbrook
wiley   +1 more source

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