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Competing Demographic Drivers of Hospital Expenditures: Coexistence of the Red Herring and the Steepening Effects

open access: yesHealth Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The fiscal sustainability of healthcare systems is increasingly strained by aging populations with two competing hypotheses dominating the literature. The Red Herring Hypothesis suggests that healthcare expenditures are driven more by proximity to death than by chronological age, while the Steepening Hypothesis examines whether expenditures ...
Malene Kallestrup‐Lamb   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

For Enhanced Rights of Beneficiaries with Regard to Hardware and Software Progress of the Czech Social Security Administration [PDF]

open access: yesSocietas et Iurisprudentia, 2016
The paper focuses on the fundamental weaknesses of the existing public pension insurance regulations for recording the pension insurance relevant data. There is nothing like accrued rights of the Czech beneficiaries in reality.
Martin Štefko
doaj  

Trade-Offs in Means Tested Pension Design [PDF]

open access: yes
Inclusion of means testing into age pension programs allows governments to better direct benefits to those most in need and to control funding costs by providing flexibility to control the participation rate (extensive margin) and the benefit level ...
Alan Woodland, Chung Tran
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Climate Transition Risk, ESG Rating Divergence and Portfolio Performance: Evidence From Composite Scores and Climate‐Adjusted Factor Models

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how ESG rating divergences and climate transition risks jointly influence portfolio performance. Using a newly constructed composite Environmental (E) score derived from principal component analysis (PCA) across three leading ESG providers (Eikon, RobecoSAM, Sustainalytics), we build industry‐adjusted portfolios for 389 
Ahmed Bouteska   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modern weapons and military equipment for issue 4-2020

open access: yesVojnotehnički Glasnik, 2020
Dominance of the IFV; Kaplan Medium ...
Dragan M. Vučković
doaj  

The Real Effect of Banking Globalisation on Bank Liquidity Creation in China's Banking Sector: Evidence From the Belt and Road Initiative

open access: yesInternational Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT To explore the real effect of banking globalisation on bank liquidity creation, we investigate plausibly exogenous variations in the expectation of further banking globalisation under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which further opens the gate to foreign investors.
Xuanyi Shi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Have a place to live? – study on the influence of the living environment on the subjective well-being of older adults

open access: yesBMC Psychology
Background Against the backdrop of accelerating global aging, China’s population aged 60 and above has exceeded 18% of the total population, making the quality of life of older adults a focal point of societal concern.
Juan Luo, Ziyi Han
doaj   +1 more source

Overview of contractual savings institutions [PDF]

open access: yes
Contractual savings institutions include national provident funds, life insurance companies, private pension funds, and funded social pension insurance systems.
Skully, Michael, Vittas, Dimitri
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The Burden of Disease of Treatment‐Seeking Patients With a Cluster‐C Personality Disorder in the Netherlands; Quality of Life, Functioning, and Societal Costs

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cluster‐C personality disorders (PDs) are common in the general population but often overlooked in scientific research and clinical practice. An important step to increase awareness for timely diagnosis and treatment of cluster‐C PDs is to investigate the burden of disease in terms of quality of life (QoL), daily functioning and the associated
Iuno Z. Groot   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Institutional investors and securities markets : which comes first? [PDF]

open access: yes
Institutional investors comprise pension funds, insurance companies, and mutual funds. Should a country promote their creation if it lacks well-developed securities markets? The answer to this question, says the author, varies by type of investor.
Vittas, Dimitri
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