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Growth Effects of Government Expenditure and Taxation in Rich Countries
Stefan Foelster,Magnus Henrekson +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, an econometric panel study is conducted on a sample of rich countries covering the 1970-95 period, and extended extreme bounds analyses are reported based on a regression model that tackles a number of economic issues.
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Curbing the epidemic: Governments and the economics of tobacco control: The World Bank
TL;DR: An important new report published by the World Bank summary of the converging eVorts of several partners to address a shared problem: the relative neglect of economic contributions to the debate on tobacco control.
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Good Research Practices for Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Alongside Clinical Trials: The ISPOR RCT-CEA Task Force Report
Scott D. Ramsey,Richard J. Willke,Andrew Briggs,Ruth E. Brown,Martin Buxton,Anita Chawla,John R. Cook,Henry A. Glick,Bengt Liljas,Diana B. Petitti,Shelby D. Reed +10 more
TL;DR: Trial-based cost-effectiveness studies have appeal because of their high internal validity and timeliness and improving the quality and uniformity of these studies will increase their value to decision makers who consider evidence of economic value along with clinical efficacy when making resource allocation decisions.
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Economic vulnerability and resilience : concepts and measurements
TL;DR: In this article, economic vulnerability is defined as the exposure of an economy to exogenous shocks, arising out of economic openness, while economic resilience is the policy-induced ability of the economy to withstand or recover from the effects of such shocks.
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Is Democracy Good for the Poor
TL;DR: This article used data on infant and child mortality to challenge the claim that democracy improves the welfare of the poor and found that it has little or no effect on infant mortality rates in non-democratic countries.
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The quality of government
TL;DR: The authors investigated empirically the determinants of the quality of governments in a large cross-section of countries and found that countries that are poor, close to the equator, ethnolinguistically heterogeneous, use French or socialist laws, or have high proportions of Catholics or Muslims exhibit inferior government performance.
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Cross-National Prevalence and Risk Factors for Suicidal Ideation, Plans, and Attempts
Matthew K. Nock,Guilherme Borges,Evelyn J. Bromet,Jordi Alonso,Matthias C. Angermeyer,Annette L. Beautrais,Ronny Bruffaerts,Wai Tat Chiu,Giovanni de Girolamo,Semyon Gluzman,Ron de Graaf,Oye Gureje,Josep Maria Haro,Yueqin Huang,Elie G. Karam,Ronald C. Kessler,Jean Pierre Lepine,Daphna Levinson,María Elena Medina-Mora,Yutaka Ono,Jose Posada-Villa,David R. Williams +21 more
TL;DR: There is cross-national variability in the prevalence of suicidal behaviours, but strong consistency in the characteristics and risk factors for these behaviours.
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The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time
TL;DR: The End of Poverty: Economic possibilities for our time as discussed by the authors is a book review of the book written by Jeffrey Sacks (2005), an American renounced economist and director of the Earth Institute, Columbia University.
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Global estimates of the value of ecosystems and their services in monetary units
Rudolf de Groot,Luke Brander,Sander van der Ploeg,Robert Costanza,Florence Bernard,Leon Braat,Michael Christie,Neville D. Crossman,Andrea Ghermandi,Lars Hein,Salman Hussain,Pushpam Kumar,Alistair McVittie,Rosimeiry Portela,Luis C. Rodriguez,Patrick ten Brink,Pieter van Beukering +16 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented an overview of the value of ecosystem services of 10 main biomes expressed in monetary units and showed that most of this value is outside the market and best considered as nontradable public benefits.
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Infrastructure, Geographical Disadvantage, Transport Costs, and Trade
Nuno Limão,Anthony J. Venables +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the dependence of transport costs on geography and infrastructure and found that poor infrastructure is an important determinant of transportation costs, especially for landlocked countries.