BACKGROUND Equitable financing is a key objective of health care systems. Its importance is evidenced in policy documents, policy statements, the work of health economists and policy analysts. The conventional categorisations of finance sources for health care are taxation, social health insurance, private health insurance and out-of-pocket payments. There are nonetheless increasing variations ...

Which financial frictions drive firms’ financing constraints? We structurally estimate dynamic firm models embedding many frictions, on panels of public firms and private firms. focus limited enforcement, moral hazard, trade-off assess which rationalize best observed corporate policies across various samples. Our tests, based empirical policy function benchmarks, favor for larger firms, commitm...

PURPOSE The study describes Oregon state policy and supply developments for licensed long-term-care settings, particularly apartment-style assisted living facilities and more traditional residential care facilities. DESIGN AND METHODS Data came from a variety of sources, including state agency administrative records, other secondary data sources, and key informant interviews. Descriptive stat...

ultinational corporations (MNCs) typically use long-term sources of funds to finance long-term projects. They have access to both domestic and foreign sources of funds. It is worthwhile for MNCs to consider all possible forms of financing before making their final decisions. Financial managers must be aware of their sources of long-term funds so that they can finance international projects in a...