This paper develops an empirical strategy to estimate whether subsidies to private medical insurance are self-financing in countries where public and private insurance coexist and the latter covers the same treatments as the former. We construct a simulation routine based on a micro-econometric discrete choice model that allows us to evaluate the impact of premium changes on the utilization of ...

This study examines how Sharia Micro KUR Financing operates at BSI KCP Medan Aksara and plays a role in micro business development. research is qualitative descriptive involves observation, documentation interviews. According to research, works well has no problems. Investments are made accurately, which solves any problem. financing the ability solve capital problems, important for They play a...

In this thesis we provide a framework for a micro-blogging social network in an unstructured peer-topeer network. At a user level, a micro-blogging service provides (i) a means for publishing a microblog, (ii) a means to follow a micro-blogger, and (iii) a means to search for micro-blogs containing keywords. Since unstructured peer-to-peer networks do not bind either the data or the location of...

There is growing belief that countries with better financing environments are associated with higher economic growth because they facilitate entrepreneurship and hence the Schumpeterian process of 'creative destruction'. This dissertation explores this hypothesis in more detail by understanding how the financing environment for new ventures impacts outcomes such as individuals' decision to beco...