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Abstract Australia has voluntary private health insurance (PHI) markets in which open enrolment and community rated premiums are mandated by government. Historically, adverse selection in these markets led to a substantial decline in coverage, giving voice to fears about the viability of PHI...
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Italian policies to stimulate power production have been a success in the sense that solar power capacity has exploded, but they have also led to formidable costs. What is more, argues Carlo Stagnaro of the Italian think tank Istituto Bruno Leoni, support for green power has profoundly distorted...
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Brings out the issues in infrastructure development in India linking market failure, policy, regulation, and …
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Competition between insurance companies for employees of a firm often increases the prices and reduces the availability of high-quality health plans offered to employees. An insurance company can reduce competition by signing an exclusive contract, which guarantees that the company is the only...
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Within the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the gender equality in education is considered one of the most challenging goals for most developing economies. Using Panel Least Square with Regional Dummies (LSDV) for a sample of Developing countries over the period 1990 to 2014,...
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document which would have the power to fill all the gaps that were left by the previous UNMIK regulation in regards to labor … insurance fund, and weak judicial system are constantly affecting the success of this regulation in public and private sector in … have the right of 12 months of maternity leave. While analyzing the legal provisions of this regulation, the 12 month …
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productivity in India. The current paper is an attempt to understand the various regulatory provisions and subsidies which affect …
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This paper examines the long-run relationship between subsidies and export for the case of Malaysia using annual data … from 1976 to 2010 and cointegration test. The results show that the subsidies significantly influence export in the long …-active government role in the economy. This study has shed some lights that subsidy may not be detrimental to an economy. …
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ethanol industry. We compile data on the implementation dates for subsidies/tax credits for all states for years 1984-2007, a … passage of a numerous of state-level subsidies and tax breaks aimed at increasing ethanol production. Using Cox proportional … hazard regression analysis, we find that states are more likely to adopt ethanol subsidies when corn production is high, when …
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in indirect taxes,adjusting the exchange rate and sliding down of subsidies, on employment, income distribution, per … increased unemployment and inflation. The fourth policy instrument of shrink in subsidies augmented the unemployment, unequal …
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