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Sources of US longevity increase, 1960 - 1997
Lichtenberg, Frank R. - 2000
Between 1960 and 1997, life expectancy at birth of Americans increased approximately 10% G from 69.7 to 76.5 years G and it has been estimated that the value of life extension during this period nearly equaled the gains in tangible consumption. While life expectancy has tended to increase, there...
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The relationship between healthcare expenditure and disposable personal income in the US states : a fractional integration and cointegration analysis
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Cuñado Eizaguirre, Juncal; … - 2015
This study examines the relationship between healthcare expenditure and disposable income in the 50 US states over the period 1966-2009 using fractional integration and cointegration techniques. The degree of integration and non-linearity of both series are found to vary considerably across...
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Diminishing health, rising health care costs and long-run growth in local government spending
Skidmore, Mark; Dyar, William - 2015
Real local government spending in the United States has increased by 240% between 1972 and 2012, faster than can be explained by population growth (a 48% increase), growth in median household income (a 32% increase), or changes in other economic, demographic, and institutional variables...
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Plugging gaps in payment systems : evidence from the take-up of new medicare billing codes
Clemens, Jeffrey; Leganza, Jonathan M.; Masucci, Alex - 2021
Over the last decade, the U.S. Medicare program has added new billing codes to enhance the financial rewards for Chronic Care Management and Transitional Care Management. We show that the take-up of these new billing codes is gradual and exhibits substantial variations across markets and...
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Stringency of land-use regulation : building heights in US cities
Brueckner, Jan K.; Singh, Ruchi - 2018
This paper has explored the stringency of land-use regulation in US cities, focusing on building heights. Substantial …
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The cost of regulatory compliance in the United States
Trebbi, Francesco; Zhang, Miao Ben; Simkovic, Michael - 2023
One of the key questions in the study of regulation is whether the costs of regulatory compliance fall homogeneously on …
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Gasoline content regulation and compliance among US refineries
Chakravorty, Ujjayant; Nauges, Céline; Thille, Henry - 2012
link between gasoline content regulation and the compliance behavior of refineries. We find that in areas with more … stringent gasoline regulation, there was increased compliance on the part of firms. -- Clean Air Act ; compliance behavior … ; energy markets ; product regulation ; petroleum refining ; environmental pollution …
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How much sunlight does it take to disinfect a boardroom? : a short history of executive compensation regulation
Dew-Becker, Ian (contributor) - 2008
This paper reviews the history of executive compensation disclosure and other government policies affecting CEO pay, and as well surveys the literature on the effects of these policies. Disclosure has increased nearly uniformly since 1933. A number of other regulations, including special taxes...
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Stock market returns, corporate governance and capital market equilibrium
Parigi, Bruno; Pelizzon, Loriana; Thadden, Ernst-Ludwig von - 2013
This paper proposes a theoretical model that incorporates corporate governance into the basic CAPM, where corporate governance affects the disutility of managerial effort and the possibility of managers to divert company resources. It shows that corporate governance affects firms’ stock...
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Digitization, measurement and the unmeasurable
Frey, Bruno S. - 2017
of individual and societal factors. The reactions "Government Regulation", "Flooding", "Passive Escape: Digital Detox …
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