Mark-up cyclical behaviour is relevant in determining the size of government spending multiplier on output. While theoretical literature priviliged the counteryclical hypothesis, empirical evidence is far from being conclusive. Based on seminal Rotemberg and Saloner (1986) contribution, we build a theoretical framework based on Bertrand duopoly, stochastic demand and product di¤erentiation, whe...

In this paper, we describe a UK approach to opening up microdata collected by government with examples of actual use-cases of anonymising datasets. We describe briefly the reasoning behind the Open Data movement and the challenges faced in trying to release data openly in practice. Several case studies are provided including that of the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) public use ...

The authors outline an a priori model relating clinical and informatics competencies. They discuss the implications for both informatics training and governance, suggesting areas for research, and recommend a joined-up approach to assessment and delivery.

International lessons from emerging economies suggest that business associations may provide an effective channel of communication between the government and the private sector. This function of business associations may become still more important in transition economies, where old mechanisms for coordinating enterprise activities have been destroyed, while the new ones have not been establish...

Design should be a key paradigm in e-government curricula, because e-government is the design of new administrative, organizational and technical systems. For the technical aspects of e-government, a design perspective may guide the identification of topics that a curriculum should cover, such as software architecture, and the selection or development of approaches to teaching them. A survey of...

search director of the Pain Clinic at Montreal General Hospital. His work on the neurophysi-ology of pain spans almost four decades. After obtaining his Ph.D. in psychology at McGill in 1954 and taking up fellowships in the U.S. and abroad, he joined the faculty of the Mas-sachusetts Institute of Technology in 1959. There he and Patrick D. Wall began discussions that led to the publication in 1...