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What Role Do Finance Ministers Play in Political Business Cycles? Evidence‐Based on a New African Dataset

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how the personal characteristics of finance ministers influence political budget cycles in Africa. Using a new dataset covering 300 finance ministers across 23 countries from 1980 to 2020, we find that political budget cycles primarily take the form of increased government consumption during election years.
Christine Olivia Strong
wiley   +1 more source

An Analysis of Current Healthcare Proposals: Obama and McCain [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The healthcare system of the U.S. is broken. The next opportunity for overwhelming healthcare system reform will be when the next president takes office.
Terrell, Dan
core   +1 more source

Climate Change Laws and European Stock Markets: An Event Analysis

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Under the context of the climate change we assess the impact of EU's legislative initiative on European stock markets. Specifically, we focus on its impact on energy and Environmental Social Governance (ESG) sectors for equity returns and volatility for a representative basket of EU countries (participating also in Eurozone) as well as ...
Theodoros Bratis   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Full Dollarisation and Economic Performance Revisited

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the economic performance of fully dollarised economies compared to those with alternative monetary regimes. Using an extensive dataset covering 192 countries from 1980 to 2021, we employ a variety of econometric techniques, including joint maximum likelihood and propensity score matching, to address endogeneity and ...
John Thornton, Chrysovalantis Vasilakis
wiley   +1 more source

Experiences of disrespect and abuse during childbirth in the World Health Organization European region: A mixed‐method study among 22 countries

open access: yesInternational Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Despite advancements in maternity quality care worldwide, mistreatment of women during childbirth persists. Currently, there is a gap of knowledge on the occurrence of disrespect and abuse during childbirth in the World Health Organization (WHO) European region.
Anna Galle   +126 more
wiley   +1 more source

Induced abortion in the world: 3. In search of a minimum common ground

open access: yesInternational Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract The rising worldwide trend toward legalization of termination of pregnancy has been accompanied by increased polarization around abortion. Two opposite broad coalitions emerged from this confrontation, generally known as the “pro‐life” and “pro‐choice” movements. The basic issue for pro‐life advocates is that the protection of “innocent, human
Giuseppe Benagiano   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Adolescent’s Behaviors during the Presidential Election 2019 [PDF]

open access: gold, 2020
Primada Qurrota Ayun   +2 more
openalex   +1 more source

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