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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...

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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...

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Why U.S. Wage and Employment Behavior Differs from that in Britain and Japan

Gordon, Robert J. - 2021

institutions than in the American case. In this comparison Britain is the odd-man-out, with well-publicized industrial strife …

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Productivity Growth and Levels in France, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States in the Twentieth Century

Cette, Gilbert - 2010

This study compares labor and total factor productivity (TFP) in France, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States in the very long (since 1890) and medium (since 1980) runs. During the past century, the United States has overtaken the United Kingdom and become the leading world economy....

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Sources of Funds and Investment Activities of Venture Capital Funds : Evidence from Germany, Israel, Japan and the UK

Mayer, Colin - 2014

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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Global Yield Curve Dynamics and Interactions : A Dynamic Nelson-Siegel Approach

Diebold, Francis X. - 2010

-specific factors. In an empirical analysis of term structures of government bond yields for the Germany, Japan, the U.K. and the U …

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Stock Return Predictability : Is it There?

Bekaert, Geert - 2010

We ask whether stock returns in France, Germany, Japan, the UK and the US are predictable by three instruments: the …

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Productivity and Machinery Investment : A Long Run Look 1870-1980

DeLong, J. Bradford - 2010

Over the past century the long-run growth of six economies shows a strong association between investment in machinery and economic growth that holds both within and across nations and periods. A similar strong association holds for the post-world War II period for a broader cross section of...

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The Term Structure of Forward Exchange Premia and the Forecastibility of Spot Exchange Rates : Correcting the Errors

Clarida, Richard - 2010

We present theory and evidence that challenges the view that forward premia contain little information regarding subsequent spot rate movements. Using weekly dollar-mark and dollar sterling data, we find that spot and forward exchange rates together are well represented by a vector error...

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International Comparisons of Pricing-to-Market Behavior

Knetter, Michael M. - 2010

the U.S. from Germany and Japan is similar to price adjustment observed on shipments to other destinations. Most variation …

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