OBJECTIVE To identify and estimate the population costs and effects of a selected set of enforcement strategies for reducing the burden of road traffic injuries in developing countries. DESIGN Cost effectiveness analysis based on an epidemiological model. SETTING Two epidemiologically defined World Health Organization sub-regions of the world: countries in sub-Saharan Africa with very high ...

The ongoing explosion of antibiotic-resistant infections continues to plague global and US health care. Meanwhile, an equally alarming decline has occurred in the research and development of new antibiotics to deal with the threat. In response to this microbial "perfect storm," in 2001, the federal Interagency Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance released the "Action Plan to Combat Antimicrob...

This study investigates whether personal taxes are related to asset valuations. The effective tax rate of investment income fluctuated considerably since federal income taxes were introduced. The main result of the paper demonstrates that there is an economically and statistically significant relationship between asset valuations and personal tax rates. Stock valuations tend to be higher when t...

Amongst many fundamental factors affecting environmental protection, such as environmental policy, investment and technology, environmental investment has been the bottleneck for long constraining the development of environmental protection in China. Current situation in three aspects has highlighted the bottleneck problem. Firstly, China is still facing a severe environmental status. It takes ...