Does government spending composition matter for welfare? The case of BrazilThe aim of this work is to contribute to studies about welfare consequences of a given structure of government expenditure by analysing the effects of two alternative measures of public spending, income transfers and investment...
Were it not for an accident of European history, the independence of Brazil might have been long delayed. [#paragraph2]The French invasion of Portugal in 1807 followed by the flight of the Portuguese court (sovereign and government officers) to Rio de Janeiro brought large benefits to Brazil....
Which countries have the fastest forest growth? A. Those that have newly achieved independence. B. Those that have the greatest demand for timber. C. Those that used to have the lowest forest coverage. D. Those that provide enormous government subsidies.10. What account for our increasing ...
Was Francisco Franco a dictator? Have any Canadian prime ministers been assassinated? Was New Spain the largest Spanish colony? Did France use a constitutional monarchy? Did Spain or Portugal win Brazil in the Treaty of Tordesillas? Was the Spanish Civil War inevitable?
Sh e pla nned to tak e a few months off work to have and car e for th e new baby . Sh e was surprised to learn her job would not pay her for th e tim e off.T h e U . S. federal government--lik e most American businesses--does not offer paid fam ily leav e to hav ...
B) Those that have the greatest demand for timber. C) Those that used to have the lowest forest coverage. D) Those that provide enormous government subsidies. 53. What has encouraged forest growth historically? A). The government’s advocacy. ...
What type of economic system does Brazil have? Which countries have democratic socialism? What type of economic system does Finland have? What type of economic system does Italy have? Is socialism a type of government? What type of economic system does Saudi Arabia have?
Properly co-ordinated, modest increases in the budget in America and the EU, and contributions from other powers (China is now flying very capable Earth-observing satellites; India and Brazil have been in the game for a while), could sort the problem out. Without them, the world will feel...
a deterrent effect on new business creation in US states and counties (Aghion et al.,2016) as well as EU meso-regions (Nistotskaya et al.,2015). However, some studies, such as Bologna & Ross’ (2015) study on corruption in municipal governments in Brazil, find that while higher ...
It is important to note that government expenditures have been used as a moderating variable in some studies that examine the link betweenmacroeconomic factorsand political instability. For example,Bodea et al. (2016)find that the impact of oilwealthon civil conflict depends on the size of governm...