Background of the Study Persistent public expenditure and inflation have become major concerns in both developed and developing countries. Extensive theoretical and empirical literatures have been developed to examine the relationship between Public expenditure and macroeconomic variables. The monetarists share the view that fiscal deficits are harmful to an economy. While some of the increases in the public expenditure have been associated with declining tax revenue resulting from the recession‚ others
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United States Country Risk Tier CRT-1 • The Country Risk Tier (CRT) reflects A.M. Best’s assessment of three categories of risk: Economic‚ Political and Financial System Risk. • The United States is a CRT-1 country with very low levels of economic‚ political and financial system risk. The United States experienced its worst financial crisis since the Great Depression from December 2007 to June 2009. • The U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by over 3% in 2009 and the unemployment
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With reference to Sources 2 and 3 and your understanding of the historical context‚ which of these two sources is more valuable in explaining why the Soviet Union wanted to establish control over Eastern European States? Source 3 by Stalin is more valuable than Source 2 by Churchill in explaining why the Soviet Union wanted to establish control over Eastern European States. Churchill does not ‘directly’ state any reasons why the Soviet Union wanted to establish control over Eastern European States
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Located in West Africa and bordering the Atlantic‚ Nigeria is a big country that occupies 356‚667 square miles with a total population of 168 million. Nigeria is abundant in natural resources like coal‚ gold‚ lead‚ iron‚ salt‚ copper‚ and zinc‚ but it is best known as a big producer of oil. Thanks to its size‚ population‚ and resources‚ Nigeria is dubbed as “the giant of Africa” (Falola‚ 4). According to World Bank Data of 2010‚ Nigeria has an annual percentage growth rate as 8.0%‚ one of the world’s
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วารสารมหาวิทยาลัยราชภัฏยะลา Journal of Yala Rajabhat University 131 Government Expenditure and Economic Growth in ASEAN-5 Economies: an Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) Approach Hussin Abdullah* Muzafar Shah Habibullah** Siong Hook Law** ABSTRACT In this paper‚ we examine the relationship between components of government expenditure and economic growth in ASEAN-5 using the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach developed by Pesaran‚ Shin‚ and Smith. Bound testing approaches
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change in the economic environment in which it operates‚ hence the need to review the regulating instruments from time to time. Nigeria is governed by a federal system hence its fiscal operations also adhere to the same principle‚ a fact which has serious implications on how the tax system is managed. The country’s tax system is lopsided‚ and dominated by oil revenue. It is also characterized by unnecessarily complex‚ distortionary and largely inequitable taxation laws that have limited application
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Healthcare Expenditures Summary Chris Jenkins Economics of Healthcare Instructor Kristie Racca South University Online Sunday April 7‚ 2013 National health expenditures have increased over the last 39 years. Out-of-pocket costs and third-party payments have increased significantly. From 1970-1980‚ out-of-pocket costs doubled and the total of health care expenditures nearly tripled. Also‚ out-of-pocket costs increased from 1980-2000
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TAXATION AND FISCAL REGULATIONS IN NIGERIA INTRODUCTION The Nigerian Tax System has undergone significant changes in recent times. The Tax Laws are being reviewed with the aim of repelling obsolete provisions and simplifying the main ones. Under current Nigerian law‚ taxation is enforced by the 3 tiers of Government‚ i.e. Federal‚ State‚ and Local Government with each having its sphere clearly spelt out in the Taxes and Levies (approved list for Collection) Decree‚ 1998. Of importance at this juncture
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Revenue means income. Allocation means to divide. Revenue allocation is defined as the division of available resources within an organisation or company. At a broader level‚ it is the process of assigning a cost to the amount of services and products generated. Government revenue is obtained from taxes‚ licenses and fees and allocated to public facilities. Because of the current revenue allocation formula in Nigeria‚ though there is a great deal of wealth in the country from the oil industry‚ 64%
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Income and Expenditure Approach Ways of Measuring GNP Gross National Product (GNP) is the sum of all the final market values of goods and servicesin a given economy at a given period of time. This is the quantitative summary of all transactions of goods and services transacted within the economy in a year. It measures only legal and registered transaction. Non produced transactions are not included such as second hand sale‚ transfer of payments and buy and sell. Gross domestic product (GDP) is
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