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The Structure of Early Care and Education in the United States: Historical Evolution and International Comparisons
Witte, Ann Dryden; Trowbridge, Marisol - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2004
Most European governments have universal, consolidated, education-based ECE programs that are available from early in the morning to late in the evening throughout the year. European ECE programs are uniformly of high quality, generally last at least three years, and are funded to serve all...
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The political economy of public investment and public finance: challenges for social democratic policies
Moudud, Jamee K.; Martinez-Hernandez, Francisco - In: Review of Keynesian Economics 2 (2014) 3, pp. 333-364
The ‘comprehensive socialization of investment’ was a key policy goal of The General Theory. And yet, empirically, we have seen a decline in the public investment share in most OECD countries since the economic crisis of the 1970s. In this paper we study several issues concerning...
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The 'War on Poverty' after 40 Years: A Minskyan Assessment
Wray, L. Randall; Bell, Stephanie A. - EconWPA - 2004
Hyman Minsky is best known for his work in the area of financial economics, and especially for his financial instability hypothesis. In recent years, some authors have also recognized his advocacy of the “employer of last resort” as part of his “big government” intervention to help...
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Fiscal Policy in India: Past Reforms and Future Challenges
Herd, Richard; Leibfritz, Willi - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2008
This paper examines varies areas of India´s fiscal policy, in particular fiscal discipline, the structure of government … within India so that goods can move between states without border controls. Finally, on fiscal federalism it finds that India … bodies and delivered through the annual budget. While overall, India´s fiscal federalism has worked well moving resources …
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Achaeans, Indians and Europeans: A Comparison of federations
Economou, Emmanouel; Marios; Lazaros; Kyriazis, Nicholas - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
In the present essay we undertake the comparison of three federations, the ancient Greek Achaean, with the modern Indian and the European Union (EU). We elaborate a set of criteria, democratization and cohesion, which include each four sub-criteria, in order to analyse the institutional set-up...
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Indirect Tax Reform and Fiscal Federalism in India
Jha, Raghbendra - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2013
This paper underscores the substantial spatial disparities across India and evaluates the case for putting together … predictability needed to ensure that India's state driven growth blossoms and attains full fruition. …
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Federalism and economic development in India: An assessment
Singh, Nirvikar; Srinivasan, T.N. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This paper examines India’s federal system in the context of prospects for India’s future economic growth and … development. After a brief review of India’s recent policy reforms and economic development outcomes, and of the country’s federal … institutions, the analysis focuses on the major issues with respect to India’s federal system in terms of their developmental …
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A New Linkage between Corporate and Public Governance Through the Lens of Incremental Cash Flows
Apreda, Rodolfo - 2008
While in the study of Corporate Governance we can avail ourselves of the incremental cash-flow model (ICFM), the analysis of Public Governance has been falling behind with this issue. The paper sets forth an innovative linkage between both fields of learning and practice, by means of a suitable...
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Government Cash Management and T-Bill Program in the UK and Implications for Emerging Economies
Mu, Yibin - 2004
Weak government cash management is a common issue in many developing countries. The lack of an adequate government cash management can generate negative impact both on the government and on the overall economy. It has become critical for developing countries with cash management problems to...
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Were 364 Economists All Wrong?
Booth, Philip - 2006
In March 1981, 364 economists agreed to write to The Times arguing strongly against the then government's monetary and fiscal policy. However, the Thatcher government decided to ignore these voices and continue the pursuit of policies to defeat inflation and restore fiscal responsibility. To the...
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