Health spending is expected to resume its rise as a share of gross domestic product (GDP) in the projection period, following 6 years of near stability, increasing from 13.5 percent in 1997 to an estimated 16.2 percent by 2008. This implies an approximate doubling of health spending, from $1.1 trillion in 1997 to $2.2 trillion by 2008. We anticipate a reversal in recent patterns of growth in pu...

There are obvious economic predictors of ability and willingness to invest in environmental sustainability. Yet, given that environmental decisions represent trade-offs between present sacrifices and uncertain future benefits, psychological factors may also play a role in country-level environmental behavior. Gott's principle suggests that citizens may use perceptions of their country's age to ...

The Asian financial crisis quickly led to marked contractions in gross domestic product (GDP) and employment in the affected economies. GDP shrinkages in 1998 ranged from nearly 14 percent in Indonesia to 0.5 percent in the Philippines. In turn, these have resulted in adverse social consequences. Although there are signs that the worst of the financial crisis is over and the crisis economies ar...

The algal blooming in the inland lakes has become a critically important issue for its impacts not only on local natural and social environments, but also on global human community. However, the occurrences of blooming on larger spatial scale and longer time scale have rarely been studied. As the third largest freshwater lake in China, Lake Taihu has drawn increasing attention from both public ...

In 2007, U.S. health care spending growth slowed to its lowest rate since 1998, increasing 6.1 percent to $2.2 trillion, or $7,421 per person. The health care portion of gross domestic product reached 16.2 percent, up from 16.0 percent in 2006. Slower growth in 2007 was largely attributed to retail prescription drug spending and government administration. With the exception of prescription drug...

In the five years, 1993 to 1998, total Commonwealth Government spending on education fell from 4.9 to 4.4 per cent of Gross Domestic Product. Australian universities have responded to this changed funding environment though the increased use of casual teaching staff. The aim of this study was to develop, implement and evaluate a short, cost-effective training package designed to improve the rat...

Analysts forecasting the course of the U.S. economy pay close attention to consumer spending. Because personal consumption expenditures make up about twothirds of the country’s gross domestic product, factors that could influence consumer spending can have significant effects on the economy’s health. Among these factors, the sharp increase of household indebtedness and the rising share of incom...

• Studies dynamic effects of macroprudential policy (MPP) on macrofinancial variables. Uses novel regime-switching factor-augmented VAR model to identify shifts. Includes intensity-adjusted index for MPPs tracking strength adjustments. Credit growth and capital inflows decrease following a tightening MPP shock. Reactions are stronger in low-interest rate environment. In line with recent discuss...

The Indian economy is facing a financial crunch due to surge in the number of credit defaulters. debt crisis has been observed throughout world. NPAs are found be at center economic problem banks. drive this learning explore influence non-performing assets (NPA) on performance banks and analyze gross net public, private foreign assess soundness, quality, stability, competence It was that there ...