This paper investigates the effect of horizontal corporate group (keiretsu) affiliation on effective tax rates in Japan. After controlling for variables that affect corporate income taxes, keiretsu firms have lower effective tax rates than independent firms. These findings are attributed to political power and the unique corporate governance mechanism of keiretsu groups. Furthermore, horizontal...

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United States (US) internal migration is a seldom studied and poorly understood topic that lies mainly within the realm of economics. This paper attempts to utilize complex network analysis to gain a better understanding of the migration patterns in the US, and how it evolves over the time. In particular, we analyze migration patterns in the US during differing times of the economic prosperity ...

2012 the “Survey on HumanEnvironment Interaction” was launched using SurveyMonkey. The survey aimed to explore how humans view their relationship to the natural world as well as how demographics influence beliefs about environmental issues. In September, with 383 respondents, the survey was closed for analysis. Over 90% of respondents agreed that there is a direct link between human health and ...

Abstract: Although the Moral Growth Mindset (MGM) Measure was tested and validated in general, whether it measures MGM consistently across people with different political perspectives associated moral foundations, has not been tested. We examined measurement invariance (MI) differential item functioning (DIF) affiliations to test functioned consistently. also relationship between MGM, affiliati...

Health system change is happening locally, and hospitals are at the center of this change. This paper, which presents data from a 1995 study of fifteen diverse communities, sketches the broad economic and organizational forces affecting hospitals in these communities and the hospitals' responses. Within these larger trends, local flavors and differences emerge. These appear to reflect variation...