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Voluntary Deductibles and Risk Equalization: A complex interaction [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Governments around the world use health insurance as an instrument to establish universal access to medical care. In some countries, e.g. Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland, there is a trend towards managed competition among insurers and providers ...
Kleef, R.C. (Richard) van
core   +1 more source

Unpacking ESG Controversies: A Proposed Integrated Framework of Organizational Frictions and Fallout From a Systematic Literature Review

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research on ESG controversies has expanded rapidly, but findings remain fragmented and lack a unifying perspective. This study conducts a PRISMA‐guided, framework‐based systematic review of 68 empirical articles published between 2018 and 2025 (May) to synthesize the main determinants and consequences of ESG controversies.
Cristina Alexandrina Ştefănescu   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

SOCIAL INSURANCE IN SYSTEM OF SOCIAL GUARANTEES TO POLICE OFFICERS: THE PURPOSES, ESSENCE, FEATURES AND DIRECTIONS OF PERFECTION

open access: yesSovremennye Issledovaniâ Socialʹnyh Problem, 2013
A key focus of the modernization of the law-enforcement bodies is to increase the effectiveness of law enforcement activity. Addressing these issues is possible with improving the mechanisms of formation and implementation of social policy in the ...
Bykovskaya Julia Viktorovna
doaj   +1 more source

Stock Exchange ESG Disclosure Guidance and Corporate Carbon Mitigation: International Evidence

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the tangible impact of the adoption of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosure guidance by stock exchanges on corporate carbon mitigation, focusing on six major frameworks: the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), the Task Force on Climate Related ...
Jiamian Yan, Le Luo, Nuraddeen Nuhu
wiley   +1 more source

Health care for the world's poorest: Is voluntary (private) health insurance an option? [PDF]

open access: yes
Poverty reduction, Hunger, Health care financing, Poor Services for, Government spending policy, Public-private partnership,
van der Gaag, Jacques
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Do Individual Mandates Matter? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Outlines the reasons why achieving universal health insurance coverage requires an individual mandate, and why individual mandate proposals must address the affordability of adequate coverage and develop fair and effective ways to enforce the ...
John Holahan, Linda J. Blumberg
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Corporate Environmental Responsibility and Cost of Equity Capital: A Meta‐Analytical Review

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite extensive research on the relationship between corporate environmental responsibility (CER) and cost of equity capital (COEC), empirical evidence remains inconsistent. This study addresses these inconsistencies through a comprehensive meta‐analysis of 1139 effect sizes from 75 studies.
Robert Witte   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investor Perceptions of Climate Policy: Insights From the US Inflation Reduction Act

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper provides the first event study evidence on how the Inflation Reduction Act's (IRA) dedicated climate provisions reshaped equity valuations in the US carbon‐intensive sectors. Focusing on environmentally sensitive industries (ESI), we analyze cumulative abnormal returns around the four key IRA milestones in 2022–2023.
Laura Ferraro   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Economics of Scale and Sorting in Pure vs. Mutual Insurance Societies: Evidence from Historical Data [PDF]

open access: yes
Based on unique Swedish historical panel data on voluntary Swedish sick insurance societies 1902-1910, we test the hypothesis od economies of scale in sick insurance provision.
Arai, Mahmood   +2 more
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The Affordable Care Act: A Family-Friendly Policy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Most of the discussion of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has focused on the extent to which it has extended health insurance coverage to the formerly uninsured. This is certainly an important aspect of the law.
Dean Baker, Helene Jorgensen
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