Much of the recent economic debate about the impact of stimulus packages has focused on the size of the crucial government purchases multiplier. But equally crucial is the size of the government purchases multiplicand—the change in government purchases of goods and services that the multiplier actually multiplies. Using a new data set, we find that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (AR...

OBJECTIVE The goal of this research was to examine racial differences in trust in various healthcare institutions. METHOD In telephone interviews, 195 Whites, 183 Blacks, and 171 Latinos from Durham, NC indicated how often they trust various institutions (community doctors, local hospitals, county health department, insurance companies, and state and federal government) to do what is best for...

Citizen confidence in the competence of the government and the reliability of the technology used to implement egovernment initiatives is imperative to the wide-spread adoption of e-government. This study analyzes how citizens’ trust in technology and government affect their willingness to engage in e-government transactions. We proposes a model of egovernment trust composed of disposition to t...

Management is not confined to the forewalls of the industry; it is indispensable everywhere whether it be a hospital, an educational institution, agriculture, army, trade-union, government administration, charitable institution, club or one’s own home. Management is that “What managers do”. Manager’s role is like a Doctor or Physician. As a Doctor must be aware of all the systems in a human bod...