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Improving the Efficiency of Health Care Spending : Selected Evidence on Hospital Performance
Erlandsen, Espen - 2007
of hospital efficiency to be carried out. This paper, therefore, relies on selected evidence to compare hospital … efficiency in a subset of OECD countries, based on three different approaches relying on, respectively: i) unit costs for … standard hospital treatments; ii) overall efficiency levels in a set of paired countries; iii) within-country dispersion in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012446148
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Fixed Cost, Imperfect Competition and Bias in Technology Measurement : Japan and The United States
Nishimura, Kiyohiko - 2000
In many industries, competition is far from perfect and managerial efficiency (or a fixed cost) varies among firms … imperfect competition and managerial efficiency are important. However, the magnitude of the bias is not large ... …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012446897
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Performance Indicators for Public Spending Efficiency in Primary and Secondary Education
Sutherland, Douglas; Price, Robert W.R.; Joumard, Isabelle - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2007
This paper assesses the potential to raise public spending efficiency in the primary and secondary education sector …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045647
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Fiscal Rules for Sub-central Governments : Design and Impact
Sutherland, Douglas - 2005
Against a background of mounting demands for spending on services provided by sub-central governments, this paper examines how fiscal rules can help to ensure that pressure on resources is minimised and available resources are used efficiently. Drawing on questionnaire responses and other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012445608
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Fiscal Rules for Sub-central Governments: Design and Impact
Sutherland, Douglas; Price, Robert W.R.; Joumard, Isabelle - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2005
Against a background of mounting demands for spending on services provided by sub-central governments, this paper examines how fiscal rules can help to ensure that pressure on resources is minimised and available resources are used efficiently. Drawing on questionnaire responses and other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046262
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Restructurer les marchés canadiens du logement : Financements, accessibilité financière et étalement urbain
Cheung, Calista - 2014
Les prix des logements ont sensiblement augmenté au Canada au cours des dix dernières années, portant la dette des ménages et la construction de logements à des points hauts historiques. Bien que le durcissement de la politique macroprudentielle ait ralenti la croissance des emprunts des...
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Deconstructing Canada's Housing Markets: Finance, Affordability and Urban Sprawl
Cheung, Calista - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014
House prices have increased significantly in Canada over the past decade, driving household debt and residential construction activity to historical highs. Although macro-prudential tightening has slowed the pace of household borrowing in the last few years, house prices have continued to trend...
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The State of the Banking Sector in Europe
Schoenmaker, Dirk; Peek, Toon - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014
This paper reviews the state of the banking sector in Europe. At the aggregate level, the empirical data suggest that the Baltics, Cyprus, Greece and Ireland, in particular, are hit by a strong decline in lending in the wake of the financial crisis. This deleveraging is mainly caused by a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277028
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Issues in Private-Sector Finance in Israel
Hemmings, Philip - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011
The 2008-09 global financial crisis did not result in the failure of any major financial institution in Israel, but it did reveal vulnerabilities in the non-banking sector . particularly in the corporate-bond market. Conservative regulation of the banking sector helped this segment avoid a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009386332
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Transitioning to a green economy in Greece
Leidecker, Timo - 2023
regulations on minimum energy efficiency standards, while providing financial support and protecting vulnerable households – would …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014323870