China's new economic policy

New BMJ policy on economic evaluations

New BMJ policy on economic evaluations.

Editor—We, the NHS Economic Evaluation Database Research Team, agree with Smith that economic evaluations should contain comprehensive reporting of both clinical effectiveness and economic analysis and that the BMJ is right to implement this new policy. How the clinical trial results (which inform the economic evaluation) are obtained is often paramount to the understanding and quality of the e...

The Monetary Policy, Credit Constraint and Spatial Distribution of Economic Activity: A Contribution of New Economic Geography

T his paper investigates the effect of monetary policy on the distribution of economic activity and agglomeration economies within a country. The considered channel for this effectiveness is the availability of credit to firms in various regions and the effects on the labor and consumer welfare. For this purpose, data for manufacturing firms located in 30 different provinces in Iran ...

NEW APPROACHES TO ECONOMIC CHALLENGES Insights into Complexity and Policy

Economic efficiency of solar hot water policy in New Zealand

New Zealand has recently followed the path of several other countries in promoting solar hot water (SHW) systems in the effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, yet the economic efficiency of largescale policies to encourage SHW remains a pressing question for policymakers. This paper develops an economic framework to examine policies to promote SHW in New Zealand, including the current infor...