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Growth of private medicine in Sweden: The new diversity and the new challenge

Rosenthal, Marilynn M. - 1992

The growth of private medical care in Sweden has occurred despite the lack of overt encouragement by the long-term Social Democrat government. This can be documented from official government statistics, private insurance sales, media sources, membership growth in the private doctors association,...

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A suboptimal estimator of the sampling jitter variance using the bispectrum

Sharfer, Ilan; Messer, Hagit - 1994

We consider the problem of estimating parameters of an irregular sampling process defined as a uniform sampling process in which the deviations from the nominal sampling times constitute a random IID process (jitter). Emphasis is placed on estimating the variance of the jitter, based on...

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The emergence of market competition in the U.S. health care system : Its causes, likely structure, and implications

Feldstein, Paul J. - 1986

This paper addresses three issues. First, why did market competition emerge in the U.S. health care system? Second, once free of regulatory constraints, how is the structure of the medical care system likely to evolve? Three, what are the implications of market competition for the public as well...

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Accounting pedagogy based on extant authoritative rules versus decision-oriented analysis: The case of other postemployment benefits

Wright, David W. - 1990

Contemporary financial accounting pedagogy has been criticized for its excessive concentration on extant authoritative rules and preparer-oriented mechanics. An alternative decision-oriented pedagogy would emphasize the economic consequences of financial accounting choices, analyze the role of...

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On financing with convertible debt over the last two decades.

Rotaru, Camelia S. - Florida Atlantic University

Despite extensive research, the rationale behind firms' decision to issue convertible debt is still unknown. On average, results indicate that the market reacts more negatively to new convertible debt issues of companies with higher cash ratios. Hence, I test whether convertible issuers are...

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Marketing strategies in global markets: A transaction cost analysis.

Karuppur, Devi Prasad R. - Florida Atlantic University

Contrasting viewpoints have emerged regarding the selection of marketing strategies in global markets. One group of scholars recommends standardized global marketing strategies based on the premise that technological advances in telecommunication, transportation, and media are leading to...

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The Matthew Effect and public administration research: An analysis of the relationship of institutional prestige to research funding levels and departmental research productivity a...

Popejoy, Michael William. - Florida Atlantic University

prestige in the short-run. The results support the literature from sociology and education that prestige, funding and … prestige in the short-run. The results support the literature from sociology and education that prestige, funding and …

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An examination of gender-related attitudes among managers.

Massey, Mary Ann. - Florida Atlantic University

This two-part study included two procedures: (1) the development of an instrument to assess gender-related attitudes among male and female managers, and (2) the collection and analysis of data on gender-related attitudes among male and female managers. Male and female managers (n = 165)...

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Predictive discriminant analysis versus logistic regression for two-group classification problems in educational settings.

Meshbane, Alice. - Florida Atlantic University

The cross-validated classification accuracy of predictive discriminant analysis (PDA) and logistic regression (LR) models was compared for the two-group classification problem. Thirty-four real data sets varying in number of cases, number of predictor variables, degree of group separation,...

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PROGRAM PLAN BUDGETING IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND ITS EFFECTIVENESS IN OBTAINING EQUITABLE FUNDING FOR STATE UNIVERSITIES.

PARRISH, ROBERT JOSEPH. - Florida Atlantic University

universities. In the eighteen departments which experienced a greater appropriations growth rate than the Department of Education … of Education's general revenue allocation equaled 76.9 percent of all general revenue allocated in 1968/69, it comprised … only 61.9 percent of the total allocation in 1977/78. Within the Department of Education, the State University System …

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