Medicare has recently experienced the largest expansion of benefits since its in- ception: the inclusion of prescription drug coverage under the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003. The policy debate has mainly focused on estimating the cost of implementing the...

University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. April 2010. Major: Economics. Advisor: Thomas J. Holmes. 1 computer file (PDF); xi, 167 pages, appendices A-C. Ill. (some col.)

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Substance abuse, whether drugs or alcohol, continues to plague our society and businesses and adversely impact economic development. The problem poses significant and special problems to owners/managers of small businesses who must deal with such issues without the benefit of large corporate...