This study mainly aims, first, to find out the significant evidence of effect local revenue on capital expenditures in Central Sulawesi Province, Second, understand general allocation funds' Third, analyze and funds simultaneously expenditure Province. The type research used is quantitative data. Funds this are secondary data provided by Directorate General Fiscal Balance (www.djpk.kemenkeu.go....

There are increasing numbers of private (nonprofit and for-profit) centers that carry out conservation research and education in locations of environmental concern. Such centers generate revenue streams that directly support conservation programs and also sustain surrounding human communities. This paper assesses the size of the centers' economic impacts. We conducted separate studies of the ec...

In this report, the authors conducted case studies of five health plans that received high scores on quality and resource utilization, using data collected by the National Committee for Quality Assurance. The focus of this study was to understand how health plans with delivery systems that include a significant network of independent, community physicians achieve high performance. Plan leaders ...

In most developing countries a shortage of long-term, local-currency fi nancing for small-scale infrastructure projects impedes local economic development. Inadequate fi scal transfers, little own source revenue and low creditworthiness make it diffi cult for local governments to fully fund projects on their own. Th is paper proposes the use of project fi nance as a means to attract fi nancing ...

mutual funds are the best tool to mobilize savings and investments in an economy and pakistan is the pioneer in south asia, but this industry is not as much mature in comparison to its age in pakistan. this paper examines the performance of closed ended mutual funds in pakistan by using five different ranking measures during a period of january 2009 to december 2013 and the sample consists of o...

Serious illnesses, including deaths, and adverse environmental impacts have been linked to land application of sewage sludge. EPA and the wastewater treatment industry have worked with Congress to fund wastewater trade associations to promote land application, supporting industry-friendly scientists and discouraging independent research, to prevent local governments from restricting land applic...

This paper examines hedge fund portfolio selection approaches in isolation and the context of an investor’s overall portfolio. Characteristics-based portfolios that minimize risk delivers superior out-of-sample performance. For instance, a minimum variance tilting toward small funds with high alpha strategy distinctiveness index low systematic annualized Sharpe ratio 2.03 maximum drawdown 5.20%...

This study aims to analyze the effect of Special Autonomy Fund, Regional Tax, Personnel Expenditure, Goods and Services Spendingand Human Development Index on Gross Domestic Product regency/municipality in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Province from 2015 2019. used quantitative descriptive method. The research model was an econometric measured using panel data regression. results regression showed t...