Day archives: July 17th, 2016

Kaiser – Younger Seniors Amass More End-Of-Life Care Than Oldest Americans

Rachel Bluth – Kasier Health News: “Americans in their 80s and 90s are not the ones amassing the largest medical bills to hold off death, according to a new analysis that challenges a widely held belief about the costs of end-of-life care. Younger seniors — those with potentially longer expectancies — are. Medicare claims data for 2014 …

Subjects: Economy, Health Care, Medicine

An Analysis of Ethics Articles Published between 2000-2015 in the Journal of Accountancy and the Accounting Review

Thompson, James H. and McCoy, Timothy L., An Analysis of Ethics Articles Published between 2000-2015 in the Journal of Accountancy and the Accounting Review (June 30, 2016). Journal of Accounting, Ethics and Public Policy, Vol. 17, No. 2, 2016. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2810006 “This paper considers the impact that financial scandals, the end …

Subjects: Congress, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

GAO Reports – Immigration Benefits System, Military Personnel, Nuclear Security, Defense Nuclear Enterprise, EPA, Flood Insurance, Iran Nuclear Deal

Immigration Benefits System: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Can Improve Program Management, GAO-16-467: Published: Jul 7, 2016. Publicly Released: Jul 15, 2016. Military Personnel: DOD Needs More Complete Data on Active-Duty Servicemembers’ Use of Food Assistance Programs, GAO-16-561: Published: Jul 15, 2016. Publicly Released: Jul 15, 2016. Nuclear Security: NRC Has Enhanced the Controls of …

Subjects: Defense, Economy, Energy, Environmental Law, Financial System, Government Documents, Legal Research

Social Capital at the Outburst of the Economic Crisis in Greece, 2008-2010

Daskalopoulou, Irene, Social Capital at the Outburst of the Economic Crisis in Greece, 2008-2010 (July 15, 2016). International Journal of Business and Economic Sciences Applied Research, Vol. 9, No. 2, 2016. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2810036 “Purpose – Social capital and its core components of social trust and associational activity are widely acknowledged as …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System

Effect of Innovative Activity in Firm Performance and Development: Analysing Data from Eurozone

Makris, Ilias A., The Effect of Innovative Activity in Firm Performance and Development: Analysing Data from Eurozone (July 15, 2016). International Journal of Business and Economic Sciences Applied Research, Vol. 9, No. 2, 2016. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2810037 “Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of Innovative Activity …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System

Pew – China and the global balance of power

“In the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis, many people began to question the reputation of the United States as the world’s leading economic power. As China’s economy continued to expand and the U.S. economy sputtered, overseas publics – especially in Europe – increasingly named China as the world’s top economic power. However, more …

Subjects: Defense, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

Activists Release Archives of TIME Magazine Issues to the Wild

Via Motherboard: “Activists have downloaded nearly 100 years worth of TIME magazine issues from the publication’s paywalled digital archive and dumped them all online for anyone to grab for free. “It was possible and seems worthwhile,” Michael Best, a freedom of information activist who obtained the files, told Motherboard in an online chat. In a …

Subjects: Copyright, Intellectual Property, Internet, Legal Research