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Do Pay-For-Performance (P4P) Incentives for Physicians Improve the Quality of Health Care?
Jeremiah Hurley
Pay-for-Performance (P4P) in Ontario caused primary care physicians to increase, though only modestly, the provision of some effective medical services but not others. Therefore, policymakers should be cautious about using P4P to improve the quality...
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Which Tax is More Environmentally Friendly: Fuel Tax or Car Product Tax?
Laura Grigolon
Despite European consumers' moderate undervaluation of future fuel costs, fuel taxes are more effective at encouraging consumers to purchase fuel efficient cars than product taxes based on the fuel economy of cars. These results hinge on the...
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What Determines Persistence and Academic Success in University?
Martin Dooley
Students with similar high school GPAs, but who are from neighbourhoods and high schools of varying characteristics, have similar chances of success in university. Students’ high school GPAs are by far the best predictors of persistence and academic...