in this paper, forecasting error for state tax revenues is assessed. for this purpose, using the regression equation, statistical index, and mean percent error, root mean square error, mean absolute percent error and error analysis of tile inequality coefficients are applied on anticipated revenue from taxes on legal entities, income taxes, wealth tax, taxes on imports and taxes on consumption ...

This paper formulates a dynamic stochastic model to examine the joint patent application and renewal behaviors under an international patent-protection regime. The framework makes it possible to utilize both the cross-sectional (multi-country application) and the time-series (patent renewal) dimensions of available international patenting data to estimate the private value of patent protection,...

Trends in Abortion Attitudes The GSS has carefully maintained the same wording and sequence of questions from year to year to avoid introducing context changes into the time series.* Respondents are asked whether a woman should be able to obtain a legal abortion for a series of reasons, beginning with “if there is a strong chance of defect in the baby” and ending with “if the woman wants it for...

Employment or Leadership: C.R.L. Teo, National University of Singapore; S.S. Chong, National University of Singapore. Consultant or Advisory Role: None declared. Stock Ownership: None declared. Honoraria: None declared. Research Funding: C.G. Lee, National Medical Research Council; S.S. Chong, National Medical Research Council. Expert Testimony: None declared. Patents: C.R.L. Teo, patent number...

medical ethics is a realm where four important subjects of philosophy, medicine, theology and law are covered. physicians and philosophers cooperation in this area will have great efficiency in the respective ethical rules formation. in addition to respect the autonomy of the patient, physician's obligation is to ensure that the medical intervention has benefit for the patient and the harm is m...

fundamentals of legal rule is one of the major discourses of the philosophy of law, which has led to the formation of numerous intellectual schools in this field. the main query of the present research is that whether the two schools of “natural law” and “legal positivism” can interact with each other. is the combination of “value” and “reality” possible in a legal system? what is the status of...