this paper examines the impact of government expenditure on the nigerian economy for the period 1983 - 2012. the government expenditure components used as the explanatory variables in the model are: expenditures on health, education, defense, agriculture and transportation and communication. the gross domestic product (gdp) was used as a parameter for measuring economic growth. in order to esta...

background: in this article, we used a panel smooth transition regression model to estimate the relationship between health expenditure and income. this approach is employed to continuously model changing parameters among countries and during time. it is thus suitable for eliminating heterogeneity among countries and the variability of the relationship between gross domestic product (gdp) and h...

This paper examines empirically the tourism impact on the long-run economic growth of Greece by using the causality analysis among real gross domestic product, real effective exchange rate and international tourism earnings. A multivariate autoregressive VAR model is applied for the examined period 1960:Ι – 2000:IV. The results of cointegration analysis suggested that there is one cointegrated ...

W hen we began to put together this special feature on poverty and sustainability science, we sought significant science-based research and perspectives on poverty worldwide. However, the six articles that have emerged from a lengthy solicitation, preparation, and review process, with one exception, all focus on sub-Saharan Africa. The exception, the absolute poverty measures for the developing...

295 Patient-Assessment-Instruments/Quality Measures/Downloads/NationalImpact AssessmentofQualityMeasuresFINAL.pdf). 2. Martin AB, Lassman D, Washington B, Catlin A. Growth In US health spending remained slow in 2010; health share of gross domestic product was unchanged from 2009. Health Aff (Millwood) 2012;31:208-19. 3. Jha AK, Joynt KE, Orav EJ, Epstein AM. The long-term effect of Premier pay ...

More generally, globalization of trade in goods, services, and assets continues to move forward at an impressive pace, despite some indications of increased resistance to that process and the evident difficulties in completing the Doha Round. The volume of trade relative to world gross domestic product has been rising for decades, largely because of decreasing transportation costs and lowered t...

Fisheries management systems around the world are highly diverse in their design, operation, and effectiveness at meeting objectives. A variety of management institutions, strategies, and tactics are used across disparate regions, fishing fleets, and taxonomic groups. At a global level, it is unclear which particular management attributes have greatest influence on the status of fished populati...