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

Australian 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

Fiscal Incentives and Health Risk Protection: How Central-Local Fiscal Relations Shape Rural Households' Medical Burden in China. [PDF]

Healthcare (Basel)
Zhang Y, Liu P, Li T, Zhao L.
europepmc   +1 more source

Exploring gender dynamics in social economy entities: From cooperative principles to organizational outcomes

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Social economy entities (SEEs) are frequently portrayed as organizations that promote gender equality, yet evidence on how these commitments shape management practices remains limited. This study pursues two objectives: (1) to determine whether gender differences exist in perceptions of cooperative principles, gender equality, work‐life ...
Isabel Olmedo‐Cifuentes, Inocencia María Martínez‐León, Hayet Kerras   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Can public data openness enhance public health resource allocation efficiency? Evidence from the launch of Chinese government data platforms. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Li Z, Zhang Z, Chu Y.
europepmc   +1 more source

Yardstick competition under fiscal and administrative asymmetries: Rent‐seeking and local cooperation

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper develops a two‐period model to investigate how fiscal and bureaucratic asymmetries shape yardstick competition (YC), inter‐municipal cooperation (IMC), and rent‐seeking in local public service provision. Unlike previous approaches, we allow incumbents to invest in bureaucratic efficiency, influencing both service quality and ...
Antonio Cortese, Giuseppe Di Liddo, Andrea Morone   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Carbon emission governance and public health efficiency in transitional China: Regional differences and spatial aggregation. [PDF]

PLoS One
Wei Y, Guo L, Tao Q, Wei H.
europepmc   +1 more source

Why Engage Communities in Biomedical Research?

Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While community engagement in biomedical research is widely lauded, and many reasons to engage communities have been adduced, it is unclear whether all these reasons are equally important, and, if not, which are most important. Here, I argue that, outside of rare circumstances, community engagement should not be understood as seeking ...
Robert Steel
wiley   +1 more source

Equalization of basic public services enabled by digitization: A study of mechanism and heterogeneity. [PDF]

PLoS One
Huang H, Zhang Z.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Limits of Convergence in the Enlarged Europe: Change in Labour Conditions in a Shipbuilder's Sites in Norway and Romania

British Journal of Industrial Relations, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the 2000s, questions were open on whether the EU eastern enlargement would contribute to upwards or downwards convergence in labour standards, or even to divergence. Over two decades later, it is possible not only to attempt an answer, but also to identify the industrial relations processes that mediate economic integration between widely ...
Jon Erik Dølvik, Aurora Trif, Guglielmo Meardi, Ines Wagner   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

From growth to well-being: pathways and social security effects of coordinating medical resources and population in the Yangtze River Delta region. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Tian Y, Chen Z, Su Y, Yin S.
europepmc   +1 more source