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US Fiscal Policy In Recession: What's Next?
Auerbach, Alan - In: CESifo Forum 10 (2009) 2, pp. 3-8
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Measuring fiscal stance for the United Kingdom, 1920-1990
van der Eng, Pierre - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1992
The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, it presents a very concise way of measuring fiscal stance. This procedure is based on the assumption that the ‘neutral change’ in the government budget can best be simulated with a long-term approximation of the underlying trend of total output....
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Growth and Savings in USA and Japan
Laski, Kazimierz; Römisch, Roman - Wiener Institut für Internationale … - 2001
growth and private savings in the USA and in Japan between 1960 and 2000 is investigated in the paper. The results of the … analysis of the period 1996-2000 are of special interest. In the USA a sharp decline of the private savings ratio helped to … almost stagnating GDP although the NPCE term increased rather substantially. These results prove that spendthrift in the USA …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009649655
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The effectiveness of employment vouchers : a simple approach.
Orszag, Jonathan Michael; Snower, Dennis J. - Kiel Institute for the World Economy - 2000
This paper explores the optimal design of subsidies for hiring unemployed workers (?employment vouchers? for short) in the context of a dynamic model of the labor market. Focusing on the short-term and long-term effects of the vouchers on employment and unemployment, the analysis shows how the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008520261
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THE BUDGET DEFICIT AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE: A SURVEY
SALEH, ALI SALMAN; HARVIE, CHARLES - In: The Singapore Economic Review (SER) 50 (2005) 02, pp. 211-243
The relationship between budget deficits and macroeconomic variables (such as growth, interest rates, trade deficit, exchange rate, among others) represents one of the most widely debated topics among economists and policy makers in both developed and developing countries. However, the purpose...
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A critique of emergency management policy: recommendations to reduce disaster vulnerability
McEntire, David A. - In: International Journal of Public Policy 3 (2008) 5/6, pp. 302-312
profession in the USA. This paper evaluates the founding principles upon which this profession was based in the 1980s. It then …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010670257
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Financial difficulties and perseverance in postsecondary education: where we stand today
Miningou, Élisé Wendlassida; Vierstraete, Valérie; … - In: International Journal of Education Economics and Development 5 (2014) 2, pp. 194-208
barriers and persistence in postsecondary education, mainly in the USA and in Canada. We find that students' financial …
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Provider perceptions of electronic medical records and e-prescribing and their integration into safety net clinics
Hotchkiss, Renee Brent; Mason, Mondi A.; John R. … - In: International Journal of Public Policy 8 (2012) 1/2/3, pp. 79-91
This paper reports the findings of a formative study that examined knowledge, readiness, and perceptions of healthcare providers in safety-net clinics about electronic medical records (EMR) and e-prescribing. It was conducted in six safety net clinics in southeast Georgia that serve a...
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The Muslim veil in the USA and France: a comparative analysis of law and policy
Salton, Herman T. - In: International Journal of Public Policy 10 (2014) 6, pp. 333-367
The USA and France are often perceived as having different, if not antipodal, legal and political systems. At first … sight the treatment of the Muslim veil at school confirms this impression, for this piece of clothing is seen in the USA as … angle. By adopting a comparative perspective, it looks at the treatment of the Muslim veil in France and the USA before 2004 …
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Admissions of African Americans to state psychiatric hospitals
Lewis, Allen N.; <suffix>Jr.<; suffix>; Davis, King E. - In: International Journal of Public Policy 6 (2010) 3/4, pp. 219-236
This investigation examines the admissions of African-Americans to state psychiatric hospitals in Virginia. It compares admissions of African-Americans primarily with European-Americans and other racial and ethnic minorities. Data spanning the 20-year period from 1970 to 1990 from nine state...
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