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The Changing Role of Government in Financing Health Care : An International Perspective
Stabile, Mark - 2013
This paper explores the changing role of government involvement in health care financing policy outside the United States. It provides a review of the economics literature in this area to understand the implications of recent policy changes on efficiency, costs and quality. Our review reveals...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012459221
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Living Up to Expectations : Central Bank Credibility, the Effectiveness of Forward Guidance, and Inflation Dynamics Post-Global Financial Crisis
Cole, Stephen J.; Martínez-García, Enrique; Sims, Eric R. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
and affects the overall effectiveness of forward guidance. We find that the central banks of the U.S., the U.K., Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014421202
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Why U.S. Wage and Employment Behavior Differs from That in Britain and Japan
Gordon, Robert J. - 1981
institutions than in the American case. In this comparison Britain is the odd-man-out, with well-publicized industrial strife …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012478304
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Productivity Growth and Levels in France, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States in the Twentieth Century
Cette, Gilbert - 2009
Capital deepening (at least to the extent this can be measured) accounts for a large share of the variations in performance; increasingly during the past 25 years, this has meant ICT capital deepening. However, the capital contribution to growth varies considerably over time and across the four...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463072
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Puzzles in the Forex Tokyo “Fixing” : Order Imbalances and Biased Pricing by Banks
Ito, Takatoshi - 2016
"Fixing" in the foreign exchange market is a market practice that determines the bid-ask-mid-point exchange rate at a scheduled time, 10am in Tokyo and 4pm in London. The fixing exchange rate is then applied to the settlement of foreign exchange transactions between banks and retail customers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012455860
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A Comparative Perspective on Long-Term Care Systems
Kotschy, Rainer; Bloom, David E. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
adequate care quality. In the third step, we identify solutions for these challenges by comparing the care systems of Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013191046
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Do Demographic Changes Affect Risk Premiums? Evidence from International Data
Ang, Andrew - 2003
century for the US, Japan, UK, Germany and France, and a shorter sample covering the last third of the twentieth century for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469021
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Sources of Funds and Investment Activities of Venture Capital Funds : Evidence from Germany, Israel, Japan and the UK
Mayer, Colin - 2003
We compare sources of funds and investment activities of venture capital (VC) funds in Germany, Israel, Japan and the … particularly important in Germany, corporations in Israel, insurance companies in Japan, and pension funds in the UK. VC investment … countries; for example, bank backed VC funds in Germany and Japan are as involved in early stage finance as other funds in these …
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