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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Policy finance"”.
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Housing policy in Malaysia: Conditions, perspectives and Islamic values
This study concerns housing policy and focuses on strategies and issues around affordable housing for Malaysia's poorer households. The thesis firstly reviews experiences across Third World countries, including selected Newly Industrialised Countries and Muslim countries. Analysis appears to show …
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School governance in New Hampshire: Revisiting a study of school board -superintendent relations in small rural school districts
… educational program, personnel/personnel policy, finance/fiscal, school closings/construction, and superintendent/school board roles, whereas the superintendents feel that they are less likely to dominate decision-making in those areas.</p>
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RESEARCH ON POLICY-BASED FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION OF CHINESE ADVANCED MANUFACTURERS
… paper focuses on key issues such as what role policy-based finance can play in enterprises' technology innovation, how to play the role, and existing shortcomings and constraints. Policy-based finance refers to the financial means adopted by a country's government in order to achieve specific …
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"Gamblers and Merchants" The Politics of Implementing Post-Crisis OTC Regulatory Reform: The US and EU
This study investigates the political sources of change in the regulatory authority for over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives that were brought about by the global financial crisis of 2008. OTC contracts have grown in popularity since the 1980s as firms in advanced market economies have increasingly …
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U.S. school quality: The public benefits of primary and secondary education
… funds. The chapter examines educational finance using sample selection methods to correct for school district decisions to enter the referenda proposal process and finds that few school districts take advantage of educational tax referenda, with rural school districts being more likely to …
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The Relevance of Economic, Institutional and Cultural Determinants for Venture Capital Investments. A US-Europe Comparison.
<p>This study analyzes the determinants of early-stage VC investments by identifying characteristics in the economic, institutional, as well as cultural framework that could explain the diverging levels of early-stage VC investments across countries. Data was assembled for 16 countries during the …
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An examination of the impact of early retirement incentives on school district financial health
<p>The combination of state controlled school funding in Michigan, rising employee costs and shrinking school enrollments have caused school districts to seek a variety of cost control measures. One of the measures frequently supported by both school districts and employee unions is the use of …
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Examining The Costs Of Providing An Adequate Education For Michigan's K-12 Public School Students
… <p>Major: Educational Leadership and Policy Studies</p> <p>Degree: Doctor of Philosophy</p> <p>Because the Federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, which requires students to perform at predefined proficiency levels on state standardized testing instruments, adequate school funding …
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Three Essays on Compensation and the Board of Directors
In my first essay, I find a statistically and economically significant director-specific component in CEO pay following the enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX). In the cross-section of firms, directors that award relatively higher (lower) CEO pay in one firm also award relatively …