This paper develops the fiscal health index of 21 local governments in Taiwan over the 1984 to 2010 period. A quantile regression analysis was used to explore the extent that economic variables, political budget cycles, and legislative checks and balances, impact different quantiles of fiscal health index for a country over a sample period of time. Our findings suggest that local governments at...

smacks of "political conservatism," is nonetheless founded on our Constitution-that is, that only problems found difficult of solution on local levels imay be referred to the central government. The federal government should fill clear and present needs, where local authorities-state governments, universities-are not able to supply the requisites. Perhaps the future of the intramural programs c...

In this note we analyze whether a federal transfer system can be designed to increase welfare when state governments create political budget cycles. The results show how the federal government can counteract the welfare costs of these cycles, without hindering politicians from signaling their type, by announcing a transfer scheme to subsidize expenditures that voters do not consider when voting...

American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) communities experience alarming health disparities, including high rates of substance use disorders (SUDs). Psychological services for AIANs, including SUDs treatment, are primarily funded by the federal Indian Health Service and typically administered by tribal governments. Tribal administration of SUDs treatment programs has routinely involved either i...

Cloud computing is an emerging paradigm whose importance both in large and small business is more and more increasing. As one of the reasons motivating the adoption of cloud computing solutions is to alleviate the load of companies related to the solution of security and disaster recovery issues, security is one of the main features to fulfill in a cloud computing system. Moreover, a number of ...

Kubozono [1] found that in sequences of four accented words in a syntactic-phrase-internal uniformly left-branching (LB) structure, the f0 peak of the third word is realized at the same height as or higher than the preceding word, showing no apparent catathesis (or downstep). He argues for an f0 raising effect, called rhythmic boost, that is the consequence of the organization of this 4-word sy...

INTRODUCTION Traditio nally in E urope, the state has had ultimate authority. With the creation of the E uropean Union, however, states have delegated some authority and binding decisio n-n. 1aking power to supranational institutio ns. This shift in the power structure has not only led to the consolidati o n of control away from the state toward supranati onal institutio ns, but has also led to...

Governments of low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are widely implementing performance-based financing (PBF) to improve healthcare services. However, it is unclear whether PBF provides good value for money compared to status quo or other interventions aimed at strengthening the healthcare system in LMICs. The objective of this systematic review is to identify and synthesize the existing li...

‘Organizational regeneration’, a phenomenon most clearly visible in seasonal organizations, such as summer camps and ski areas, is the process of reproducing an organization after a period of dormancy, often by training and guiding personnel who are largely new to their roles, or to the organization as a whole. This process presents a revealing instance of a fundamental problem facing all membe...