Essays and Research Papers on Misc. Economic Issues

This 3-page paper examines the status of commercial banks, and whether or not the government is doing the right thing in terms of the bailout. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 7 page paper regarding the issues of government regulation and anti-trust. The writer explores various regulation issues, including those involving big business, telecommunications, and the media. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

A 5 page paper arguing that the operation of NASA directly and significantly contributes to the larger US economy. Given the perpetual budget crunch that deficit spending forces on the American people, would spending be more efficient or more wisely placed should the US government redirect the funds it currently allocates to NASA? ...

A 3 page paper. This essay includes the average annual unemployment rates from 1998 to 2002 and the inflation rates for the same years. Recent data regarding the deficit is briefly reported. Finally, the writer responds to the question – why the U.S. government can say its monetary policies are working? This leads to ...

This 5 page paper provides an overview of this Florida city's financial dilemma in the nineties. After coming out of a scandal of government corruption, the city faced possible bankruptcy in 1996. This paper delves into Miami's present and future condition. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 3 page paper responds to four questions. The first comments on the classical and Keynesian views of unemployment and government intervention; the second discusses policies supply-siders would advocate for economic stability; the third comments on money supply and employment and the last considers whether the extensive testing required by the FDA for new ...

This 6 page report discusses the fact that population growth is influenced by factors as diverse as government control to nutrition. This report considers three primary areas in which capitalism and population growth are related -- cultural and social factors, food production, and the example provided by the sugar industry of how a single good determines and economic structure of production and ...

This 5-page economics paper discusses the impact of government-sanctioned price ceilings on Sri Lankan rice. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 3 page paper that comments on the current financial crisis and how the government's regulations were a contributing factor. The wrier also comments on which is worse, inflation or recession and why. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page paper analyzing management decisions in terms of financial function. Business and finance writers have taken to looking in diverse directions for signs of what truly is happening with the US economy. In this article, McDaniel (2001) writes that orders for corrugated boxes could be used as a clue of the financial future. ...

This 5-page paper provides a study of cancer in an economic context. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 11 page paper looks at the ways a choice between two healthcare provisions may be assessed. The paper uses the example of two interventions to reduce cancer. The way ethical issues and economic assessment are discussed and a cost benefit analysis performed. The bibliography cites 5 sources.

This 6 page paper looks at the economics of healthcare in the United States and answers questions supplied by the student on supply and demand, different market models, marginal cost, antitrust and Medicaid reforms. The bibliography cites 3 sources.

This 13 page paper considers how and why healthcare is often a viable political target when budget cuts are made. Looking at the situation in Australia and some of the proposed healthcare reductions, the possible motivations behind the cuts as well as the potential outcomes of these cuts are considered. The bibliography cites 10 sources. ...

This 5-page paper discusses the Affordable Health Care Act in economic terms. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 13 page paper considers the potential use of a public private partnership for the development of a new ambulatory care center in Canada. The paper looks at the potential benefits and associated difficulties and risks in order to assessing the potential drawing on international lessons that can be applied. The bibliography cites 13 sources. ...

This 15 page paper delves into the health care crisis and argues that the HMO has not alleviated the burden of individuals and firms paying high insurance premiums. A look at the HMO and the health care crisis is taken. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

This 3 page paper looks at some of the causes of rising healthcare costs, with a focus on the developing world, and then considers the effect that this has on approaches and provision of patient treatment. The bibliography cites 1 source.

This 3-page paper answers questions about healthcare economics and changes in spending in microeconomics and macroeconomics. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 8 page paper, including 3 graphs, examines the economics of the Austrian healthcare system, looking at mortality, average spending in Schillings and as a percentage of GDP, where the money comes from where and how it is spent. Comparisons are made to other countries, with particular attention to the US. The bibliography cites 9 ...

A 5 page outline of the community needs and economic considerations facing Kidron Bethel, a Mennonite sponsored elder support network in the Western District Conference of the General Conference Mennonite Church in Kansas. Although this facility is currently experiencing economic difficulties there is an outcry for the construction of assisted living facilities. Suggests ...

This 10 page paper considers the subject of healthcare economics, the value it may add to healthcare decision making and then defines and applies terms such as Cost Effectiveness Analysis (CEA), Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA), Cost Utility Analysis (CUA), Cost Minimization Analysis (CMA), equity, efficiency, costs and planning and rational planning. The bibliography cites 13 ...

This 65 page paper is an examination of the way sustainable healthcare financing may be created and maintained in Zambia. The history and development of healthcare and universal healthcare is assessed, the problems, benefits and implementation issues are all examined, the way financial sustainability may be gained is considered and research is simulated to ...

A 5 page paper discussing two issues in microeconomics: Medicare affecting the incentives to consume medical services and the structure of US income tax system. Medicare controls all of US health care by virtue of its automatic price increases and control over care providers’ ability to deviate from the Medicare price structure. ...

A 5 page paper discussing how Medicare adversely affects the cost of health care in the US. The paper discusses price and cost structures; the economic effects of those structures; and the influence of supply and demand. Bibliography lists 4 sources.