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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Public Expenditures"”.
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The relationship of local public expenditures and residential property values in Massachusettes [i.e., Massachusetts] towns
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1990.
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Multi-Objective Optimization for Large-Scale Highway Construction Projects
… can ultimately produce significant savings in public expenditures; (2) a reduction in the duration of highway construction and renovation projects leading to an accelerated revitalization of the currently aging highway system; and (3) an improved level of quality in newly constructed and …
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The Buoyancy and Elasticity of The Tanzanian Tax Structure, 1969/70 to 1980/81
… social services. To keep pace with this trend, public revenues must grow at the same rate as public expenditures. The major sources of public revenue consist of: (1) internal borrowing from the public, (2) taxation, (3) borrowing from the banking system (credit creation), and (4) foreign loans …
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Permanent misperceptions and the public sector: the median voter model
… misperceptions about the costs and benefits of public activities on the size of the public sector. In chapters 2 and 3, the literature on misperceptions and deceptive practices in competitive markets and in the public sector was reviewed. It was demonstrated that because private and public goods …
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The Electoral Temptations of Natural Resource Revenues: Towards a Theory on the Origins of Sovereign Wealth Funds in Canada
… taxation, and growing demographic pressures on public expenditures, governments have turned to sovereign wealth funds to generate much needed revenues while avoiding tax increases more visible to their electorates. Alberta is this thesis’ primary case study and illustrates the expected behaviour …
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Donor funding and crowding out of public spending: Evidence from low and middle-income countries
… low-resource settings agricultural output and public spending on agriculture are in decline, raising questions about the effectiveness of agricultural aid. To understand why these trends are occurring, we examined factors that affect the share of government spending on agriculture. Using a …
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Essays on fiscal policy and elections
… chapters. Chapter 2 examines local and non-local public expenditures and how the two are linked through the political process. Emphasis is placed on the role of voter composition within localaties in order to look at the effects of suburbanization on expenditures. Chapter 3 examines the validity …
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A Methodology For Considering Physiographic Characteristics in Making Land Use Decisions in Southwest Missouri
… of planning are to protect and promote the public's interest and welfare. Thus planning activities should include methods for identifying, evaluating, and mitigating hazards to resources which are essential to human well-being. The inclusion of these measures will help protect the public's …
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The effects of horizontal fiscal equalization on the expenditures of local governments: the case of Seoul, Korea
… extensively in studies of local/regional public finance. In a fiscally decentralized system, FE aims not just at reducing fiscal imbalance between jurisdictions, but also at enhancing productivity by leading efficient allocation of public resources. From this viewpoint, FE can be seen as a …
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A tributação como instrumento de proteção ambiental no Brasil
… developed. The use of taxation as a way to fund public expenditures related to environmental causes, promote the internalization of negative externalities and as a way to induce behavior to benefit the environment finds support in the Brazilian legal system. This paper seeks to demonstrate that …
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State Level Mental Health Policy Making Under Managed Care
The adoption of managed care in public mental health care programs at the state level was a relatively new development in state mental health policy during the 1990s. The introduction of managed care for public mental health occurred primarily through the use of Medicaid managed care waivers, but …
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The impact of domestic debt on economic growth in Zambia
… sell some parastatal companies to reduce large public expenditures while also increasing revenue, thereby boosting real GDP growth.
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Estimating environmental and human health benefits of reducing pesticide use through integrated pest management programs
… to an informed assessment of the value of public expenditures for IPM research and extension. This study evaluates a subset of the potential social benefits if IPM adoption - reductions in the environmental and human health costs of pesticide use. A methodology is developed to estimate the …
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The Long-Term Costs of Caring: How Caring for an Aging Parent Impacts Wealth Trajectories of Caregivers
… pressure on formal and informal care systems. Public expenditures on formal care are increasing rapidly, even as reliance on informal caregivers expands. Recent policy innovations are shifting Medicaid and Medicare funding toward home- and community-based services: HCBS) as an alternative to …
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The institutional framework of community formation: the law and economics of municipal incorporation in California
… existing cities provide taxpayer/residents with public goods and services. A conceptual basis for such a presumption is presented. The local government literature suggests two alternative perspectives concerning the possible effects of institutional structures that restrict entry into the market …
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The impact of fiscal and monetary policy on economic growth in Southern African Custom Union (SACU) member economies between 1980 and 2017: a panel ARDL approach
… SACU member governments should redirect their public expenditures into investing more in human capital. Investing in human capital, among other factors can include empowering the active unemployed population with relevant skills that meet labor markets for easy employment. In that case, the tax …
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The organizational consequences of democracy : labor unions and economic reforms in contemporary Italy
… caused the opening of a (growing) gap between public expenditures and tax receipts. Finally, unlike other unions in Central and Northern Europe, the Italian unions refused to come to terms with Italy's many macroeconomic imbalances by accepting wage moderation and promoting centralized …
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Essays on Agricultural and Regional Development
… 2 estimates the rates of return to Virginia's public expenditure on agricultural research and extension (RandE) during 1949-2016 and attempts to address the ad hoc model selection problem common in previous studies. Among the econometric modeling strategies in previous literature, Bayesian …
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Exploring variations in the relative technical efficiency in providing school education: a case study of Sindh, Pakistan
… level enrolment. Though the coefficient on public expenditures is positive and statistically significant but indicates a small impact on enrolment at primary level. The impact of education expenditures on the middle level and the secondary level is more pronounced. The coefficients for both …
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The effects of cost, income, and socio-economic variables on student scholastic aptitude scores
… six intervening input variables: (1) operating expenditures per pupil, (2) instructional expenditures per pupil, (3) per capita income, (4) corporation enrollment size, (5) degree of population density, and (6) at-risk index characteristics.The study provided a review of the research and related …
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