Medical libraries are discovering that ongoing collaboration in fundraising with other types of community libraries is mutually beneficial. Such partnerships may lead to joint grants, increase library visibility and access to decision makers, allow participation in community information networks, and provide leverage in additional fundraising projects. These partnerships have the potential to r...

This research was supported by a postdoctoral research grant awarded to the first author by the National Fund for Scientific Research-Flanders (Belgium). Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Arne Roets or Alain Van Hiel, Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Henri Dunantlaan 2, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium. E-mail: [email protected]; alain.vanhiel@...

according to statistics released by agricultural insurance fund (aif) less than 4 million acres out of 90 million acres has been covered by pastures insurance. this observation along with several facts motivated authors to study possible barriers which pastures insurance has been encountered in practice. the research population included all the experts in agricultural insurance fund. small popu...

The aim of this study is to determine the legal status Medical Fund as a state special-purpose fund, sources its financing and rules disposal public funds, well place in finance sector. article uses formal-legal method, applicable scholarship. introduction Polish sector new unit responsible for health care seems be an expression legislator’s activity authorities. However, additional resource di...

Charities often let the sum of contributions determine the quantity of services to provide. Some organizations, however, have the option of setting a minimum threshold necessary for provision of the public good, allowing donors to pledge donations contingent on the threshold being reached. Contributions are only collected when su±cient funds have been pledged. We show that contribution-maximizi...

We compare two fixed-prize mechanisms for funding public goods, an all-pay auction and a lottery, where public good provision can only occur if the participants’ contributions equal or exceed the fixed-prize value. We show that the provisional nature of the fixed-prize means that efficiency and endowment conditions must both be satisfied to assure positive public good provision. Our main findin...