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Just How Much Bigger is Government in Canada? A Comparative Analysis of the Size and Structure of the Public Sectors in Canada and the United States, 1929-2004
Ferris, J. Stephen - 2007
We compare the size, structure and evolution of the public sectors in Canada and the United States primarily using national income accounting data. In the course of this investigation, which is accompanied by a substantial spreadsheet covering the period from 1929 to 2003/2004, questions are...
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Robust Non-Parametric Quantile Estimation of Efficiency and Productivity Change in U.S. Commercial Banking, 1985-2004
Wheelock, David C.; Wilson, Paul W. - 2007
in the efficiency and productivity of U.S. banks between 1985 and 2004. We find that larger banks experienced larger … efficiency and productivity gains than small banks, consistent with the presumption that recent changes in regulation and …
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Essays in public finance
Pang, Gaobo - 2006
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Explanations for states adopting limits on educational spending
Husted, Thomas A.; Kenny, Lawrence W. - In: Public finance review : PFR 35 (2007) 5, pp. 586-605
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Considerations on the public funds use based on the performance : program budgeting
Ioana, Boboc - In: Budgetary research review : BRR 3 (2011) 1, pp. 20-44
implementation of the budget in terms of efficiency, economy and effectiveness is a prerequisite for achieving appropriate economic … ; performance ; economy ; efficiency ; effectiveness …
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The efficiency of tax expenditures : reply
Feldstein, Martin S. - In: Journal of public economics 1 (1987), pp. 133-136
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Drivers of Covid-19 vaccinations : vaccine administration and delivery efficiency in the United States
Goel, Rajeev K.; Nelson, Michael A. - 2021
drivers of the administration and delivery efficiency of coronavirus vaccines. For this purpose, we use data from the 50 US … economic prosperity and rural population aid vaccine administration and delivery efficiency. Delivery efficiency improves in … health workers, including physicians and nurses, did not significantly impact administration or efficiency. On the other hand …
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Capital taxation, long-run growth, and bequests
Kunze, Lars - 2009
It has been shown that higher capital taxes can have a growth-enhancing effect when combined with a revenue-compensating cut in wage taxes (Uhlig and Yanagawa 1996; European Economic Review 40, 1521-1540) or with an expansion in productivity-increasing public services (Rivas 2003; European Economic...
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Government spending shocks and the multiplier : new evidence from the US based on natural disasters
Yang, Weonho; Fidrmuc, Jan; Ghosh, Sugata - 2012
The literature on estimating macroeconomic effects of fiscal policy requires suitable instruments to identify exogenous and unanticipated spending shocks. So far, the instrument of choice has been military build-ups. This instrument, however, largely limits the analysis to the US as few other...
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