260 JOURNAL ECONOMICSAND FINANCE 9 Volume28 9 Number 2 9 Summer 2004 OF THE CAUSAL RELATION BETWEEN GOVERNMENT REVENUE AND SPENDING: EVIDENCE FROM EGYPT AND JORDAN By Bassam AbuAI-Foul and Hamid Baghestani* Abstract In investigating the causal relation between government revenue and spending‚ our empirical results support the tax-and-spend hypothesis for Egypt and the fiscal synchronization hypothesis for Jordan. Breaking away from these historical trends is essential for both countries to
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Introduction Revenue allocation is one of the Constitutional functions of the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission. Specifically‚ Part I‚ Paragraph 32 of the Third Schedule to the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria‚ which states that the Commission is to “review‚ from time to time‚ the revenue allocation formulae and principles in operation to ensure conformity with changing realities. Provided the any revenue formula which has been accepted by an Act of the National
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lived there and they appeared to be the main obstacle to the westward expansion. White American settlers petitioned to the federal government to remove the Native Americans. Presidents both Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe argued that Indian tribal lands in the Southeast should sell and/or exchange their land for lands west of the Mississippi River. The American Government did not take any steps to make this happen. In fact‚ the first transfer of land occurred only as an end result of war. The Americans
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STATE-LEVEL ANALYSIS According to Chittick & Pingel (as quoted in the text)‚ what is important from the state level perspective is how a country’s political structure and political forces and substantial actors within the country cause its government to decide to adopt one foreign policy or another. This is more so given the fact that policy making must occur within the context of a political structure and states are the most important part of that structure. Since the variety involved in the
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History of State and Federal Prison According to "History Of State And Federal Prisons" (July 7‚ 2011)‚ “State prisons are primarily operated by state governments. Overcrowding is a persistent problem in most state and federal prisons. By the end of 2001‚ state prisons were operating between 1 and 16 percent over capacity. This makes the prisons more difficult to operate‚ and puts the health and safety of inmates and staff at risk. The prison systems known today are based on eighteenth century Age
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The Expenditure Cycle is a recurring set of business activities and related information processing operations associated with the purchase of and payment for goods and services. The primary external exchange of information is with suppliers (Vendors). Information about the need to purchase goods and material flows to the expenditure cycle from the revenue and production cycles‚ inventory control‚ and various departments. Once the goods and materials arrive‚ notification of their receipt flows
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Elected Local Government Leadership Development Robert J. Dickey Kyongju University‚ S. Korea Email: rjdickey@soback.kornet.net Introduction Most of us are at least passively aware of the BBC comedy series "Yes‚ Minister" and "Yes‚ Prime Minister." Margaret Thatcher has been quoted as saying "it ’s accurate portrayl (sic) of what goes on in the corridors of power has brought me hours of pure joy".1 What does this 1980s era political satire have to do with the issue of leadership development of elected
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The different levels of government in the UK P1‚ M1‚ D1 Levels of government and their responsibilities European parliament The responsibility of this government is to draw up a legislation that will have an impact across the EU on certain issues such as The environment environmental policy and environmental protection measures‚ in particular areas concerning: air‚ soil and water pollution‚ waste management and recycling‚ dangerous substances and preparations‚ noise levels‚ climate change‚ protection
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The National Government are responsible for devising policies and ensuring they are implemented. The UK government is split into two departments which deal with education in England. The first is the Department of Education their responsibility is to work with children up to the age of 19 with any issue they may have from child protection to education. They aim to improve the opportunities and experiences available to children and their practitioners by focusing on the Offering more support for the
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University of Phoenix Material Divine Roles Across Cultures Part I Select one common divine role that recurs in world mythology. Possible options of divine roles include the following: father or mother divinities‚ divinities of war‚ home or hearth divinities‚ divinities of love‚ divinities of wisdom‚ divinities of medicine or health‚ divinities of the wind‚ divinities of agriculture‚ divinities of the sky‚ ruler of all the gods‚ and so on. Identify the role in the title of your table. Select
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