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The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.Policy Points Position Universal, High‐Quality Education as a Foundational Public Health Strategy. Long‐term health and life expectancy in the United States are shaped more by educational attainment than by any other single factor. Disparities in access to early childhood, K‐12, and higher education perpetuate cycles of chronic disease, economic ...
ALI H. MOKDAD +2 more
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Contract design to prevent underinvestment in Public-Private-Partnerships
, 2011 Underinvestment happens when an investor abstain from investing in an asset, even if the investment is beneficial for the customer, because it does not perceive a profitable return on the specific investment.
Ågren, Robert
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Lucratividade e qualidade na distribuição de energia elétrica
Nova Economia, 2009 Privatization of electricity distribution in Brazil had, as one of its stated purposes, generation of sufficient revenue to guarantee service quality and full market coverage.
André Ghirardi +2 more
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Foregrounding the role of finance, this article examines the historical production and future trajectory of the urban water crisis in Mombasa. Drawing on archival research and contemporary fieldwork, it traces how principles of full cost recovery—institutionalized during the colonial period and later reworked through postcolonial ...
Joe Williams
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines the rise of impact investment in social housing in an age of entrenched financialization and enduring public underinvestment through the case of philanthropic investors in Southern Ontario, Canada. Social finance scholarship has highlighted tensions between financial and social returns, while overlooking the role of place
Yinnon Geva, Matti Siemiatycki
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Dancing with Uncertainty: Unraveling Firm Investment Inefficiencies in the Asia Pacific Region
Journal of Economics, Business & Accountancy VenturaThis study explores the intricate relationship between uncertainty and corporate investment inefficiencies in the Asia-Pacific region, utilizing data from non-financial firms between 2008 and 2021.
Rita Juliana +2 more
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Does Financial Reporting Conservatism Mitigate Underinvestment?
, 2017 This study examines the role of financial reporting conservatism in mitigating underinvestment problems. Recognizing that volatile cash flows increase the need to access external capital markets and that agency conflicts and information asymmetry make ...
Gerald J. Lobo +2 more
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Revisiting the Political Economy of Agriculture in 21st Century Food Systems
Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In 1932, Joseph Duncan argued in the Journal of Agricultural Economics that agricultural economists should engage more explicitly with politics. Nearly a century later, the political economy of food and agriculture has expanded in both scope and complexity.
Danielle Resnick, Johan Swinnen
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The Unintended Consequences of German Deterrence
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Germany's evolving deterrence posture boils down to continued participation in NATO nuclear sharing and an ambitious conventional rearmament program. Due to its non‐nuclear status and a result of decades of underinvestment, Germany prioritizes modern conventional weapons.
Ulrich Kühn
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Firm Digital Transformation and Investment Efficiency: Evidence From China
Discrete Dynamics in Nature and SocietyIn the digital economy, how to capitalize on digital transformation to improve the efficiency of long-term capital allocation is an important issue facing the current high-quality growth of China’s economy.
Maoguo Wu, Tianxiao Zhu
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