BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Stroke accounts for more than 10% of all deaths globally and most of it occurs in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). Income inequality and gross domestic product (GDP) per capita has been associated to stroke mortality in developed countries. In LMIC, GDP per capita is considered to be a more relevant health determinant than income inequality. This study aims to inv...

 decline in private sector investment expenditures, crowding-out effect, lack of conditions for optimal allocation of resources, reduction inefficiency, and the possibility of increasing inequality in income distribution are considered as the effects of increasing the government size according to many theoretical studies and empirical evidence. Hence, identifying the determinants of the governm...

This paper uses Johansen multivariate cointegration analysis to examine the relationship between health and GDP for thirteen OECD countries over the last two centuries, for relationship between life expectancy and both total GDP and GDP per capita was found for all of the countries estimated. The relationships have a significant influence on both total GDP and GPD per capita in most of the coun...

This paper investigates the economic impacts of regional integration on a small, less developed jurisdiction in dynamic fiscal competition environment. The trade-offs between benefits and loss policy flexibility resulting from are analyzed perspectives revenue GDP per capita. Our results show that small jurisdiction's policymaking can dominate other effects integration. Specifically, if efficie...