THE RESPONSE of investment expenditure to changes in interest rates is at the heart of any analysis of stabilization policy. The more sensitive the response, the more potent is monetary policy and the weaker is fiscal expenditure policy. The stimulus of lower interest rates on investment is one of the principal channels of monetary influence in virtually all macroeconomic theories. On the other...

BACKGROUND Socioeconomic inequalities in health and social determinants of health are important issues in public health and health policy. We investigated associations of cardiovascular risk factors with household expenditure (as an indicator of socioeconomic status) and marital status in Japan. METHODS We combined data from 2 nationally representative surveys-the Comprehensive Survey of Livi...

BACKGROUND In order to raise African countries probability of achieving the United Nations Millennium Development Goals by 2015, there is need to increase and more efficiently use domestic and external funding to strengthen health systems infrastructure in order to ensure universal access to quality health care. The objective of this paper is to examine the changes that have occurred in African...

Based on system dynamics theory, this study used Vensim software to develop the Stock-Flow Diagram. This study used the Dynamic Situations of system dynamics to perform dynamic simulation on the effect of sports promotion strategy on Taiwan’s national health care and its relevant medical expenditure and future expenditure. Moreover, this study used the simulation results as reference for strate...

There is limited information on national health expenditures, services, and outcomes in African countries during the 1990s. We intend to make statistical information available for national level comparisons. National level data were collected from numerous international databases, and supplemented by national household surveys and World Bank expenditure reviews. The results were tabulated and a...

This study aims to analyze the relationship between defense expenditure and growth of economy in Sri Lanka applying annual data during period 1990-2019 by engaging ARDL bounds test Granger causality test. Economic is considered as a dependent variable whereas; expenditure, broad money supply, capital investment exchange rate are independent variables for this study. The findings revealed that s...