California's Proposition 8 and the litigation around it have raised a number of issues, including a significant standing question. This paper addresses the question raised in the Proposition 8 case, as well as the question of standing to defend ballot initiatives on appeal more generally. This...

Purpose – Global health objectives have stimulated changes to the international vaccine market. The authors seek to suggest that modern vaccine categories will aid in the formation of standardized clinical trial processes through the implementation of suggested policy strategies....

Inflation targeting is a forward-looking framework for monetary policy that has brought unprecedented transparency to the process of monetary policy. This paper aims to assess the degree to which the South African Reserve Bank's (SARB) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has, since the introduction...

This study explores the relationship between financial condition and selected quality measures for 1,197 nursing homes in Florida. Data sources included the Online Survey, Certification and Reporting (OSCAR) data reports and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare cost...