This study investigates the impact of fiscal space on probability that government Indonesia will be able to implement counter-cyclical behavior. We use ordinary least squares and probit methods estimate policy reaction function. confirms increasing can increase execute its behavior policy. A proposal includes generating alternative sources revenues from taxes non-taxes redesigning subsidies tow...

I N THE PAST 3 DECADES, THE prevalence of obesity has more than doubled in the United States. 1 This increase has been largely attributed to shifting trends in the American diet, including the increased consumption of added fats and sugars and decreases in physical activity. 2 Previous public health interventions targeting individual-level factors have had marginal, if not negligible, effects o...

INTRODUCTION Iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) is a major public health problem in India and especially harmful in early childhood due to its impact on cognitive development and increased all-cause mortality. We estimate the cost-effectiveness of price subsidies on fortified packaged infant cereals (F-PICs) in reducing IDA in 6-23-monthold children in urban India. MATERIALS AND METHODS Cost-effec...

the effects of omitting production subsidies from agricultural sector and the related industries in iran are explored in this paper. to simulate the effects of this policy, a computable general equilibrium (cge) model for iran economy was developed and the latest input- output table published in 2001 and the accompanying information regarding national accounts was used as database in the form o...

Subsidies and Exports in Germany: First Evidence from Enterprise Panel Data We use newly available representative panel data for manufacturing enterprises in West and East Germany to investigate the link between production-related subsidies and exports. We document that only a small fraction of enterprises is subsidized, and that exports and subsidies are positively related. Using a matching ap...