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On the Predictability of Tax-Rate Changes [PDF]
Some previous analyses have suggested that the smoothing of tax rates over time would be a desirable guide for public debt management. One implication of this viewpoint is that future changes in tax rates would be unpredictable based on current ...
Robert J. Barro
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Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.Abstract Background While interhospital patient transfers are common, most existing literature centers on transfers to academic medical centers (AMCs) and tertiary/quaternary care hospitals for a higher level of care. With the growing trend of healthcare system consolidation and formation of regional affiliations, many systems now coordinate admissions
Ruby Marr +6 more
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The Impact on Consumption and Saving of Current and Future Fiscal Policies [PDF]
This paper uses ESPlannerTM -- a life-cycle, financial planning model -- to investigate the potential impact of alternative fiscal policies on current consumption and saving.
Jagadeesh Gokhale +2 more
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Remittances, Value Added Tax and Tax Revenue in Developing Countries [PDF]
, 2011 This paper examines the impact of international remittances on both the level and the instability of government tax revenue in receiving countries. It investigates in particular whether the presence of a value added tax (VAT) system increases the benefit
Ebeke, Christian Hubert
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Second‐Order Between‐Supplier Learning
Journal of Operations Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Substantial empirical evidence shows that suppliers in emerging economies can enhance their technological capabilities through direct learning from technologically advanced foreign competitors. However, suppliers in emerging markets may struggle to learn directly from knowledge about competitors’ products that are not widely available on the ...
Lisha Liu, Xianwei Shi, Guangzhi Shang
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Channels of risk-sharing among Canadian provinces: 1961–2006 [PDF]
This paper incorporates recent developments in the literature to quantify the amount of interprovincial risk-sharing in Canada. We find that both capital market and the federal tax-transfer system play an almost equally important role (about 26 percent ...
Balli, Faruk +2 more
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The effects of single versus successive warm summers on an intertidal community
Oikos, EarlyView.To accurately predict how organisms and ecological communities will respond to future conditions caused by climate change, we must consider the temporal dynamics of environmental stressors, including the effects of repeated exposures to stress. We performed a two‐year passive thermal manipulation in coastal British Columbia, Canada to determine how ...
Amelia V. Hesketh +3 more
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Starving the Beast? Intra-Generational Conflict and Balanced Budget Rules [PDF]
A balanced budget requirement does not only prevent fiscal policy makers from smoothing tax distortions but also affects their preferred choice of government spending.
Dirk Niepelt
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How does the market price pension accruals? [PDF]
, 2007 We use a cross-sectional valuation model that distinguishes between the operating and financial activities of the firm to examine the repercussions of three main alternative measures of pension expense.
Kiosse, Vicky +2 more
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Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The persistence of participatory budgeting (PB) in selected Chinese localities challenges the conventional wisdom that deliberative democratic practices can only take root in liberal political environments. Yet, existing literature has not sufficiently elucidated the factors underpinning the rise and sustained operation of PB in this seemingly
Yifei Yan +3 more
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