Sentences with phrase «be of benefit to policymakers»

Overall, our work suggests that stability in financial markets might be improved by considering how social, environmental and procedural factors such as the release of important financial information may impact the hormone levels of traders participating in those markets, and therefore could be of benefit to policymakers intent on developing more efficient institutions.

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The monetary policy debate over whether rule - like behavior is preferable to pure discretion dates back at least to Henry Simons in 1936.1 More recently, in their Nobel Prize - winning work, Finn Kydland and Ed Prescott demonstrated that a credible commitment by policymakers to behave in a systematic rule - like manner leads to better outcomes than discretion.2 Since then, numerous papers using a variety of models have investigated the benefits of rule - like behavior in monetary policy and found that there are indeed significant benefits.
How can policymakers ensure that children are able to reap the immense benefits of having an engaged father in their lives?
It argues that American economic policymakers embarked on the wrong path in the 1970s, when they began tailoring rules to benefit the wealthy in the belief that rich people were «the true drivers of the economy.»
William said the primary goal of this research is to facilitate communication between scientists, policymakers, developers and the general public about the financial risk and environmental benefit of taking on such an expense.
The new online R&D «dashboard» was designed to enhance the transparency, accessibility, and usefulness of historical AAAS data to benefit policymakers and analysts as well as the public, Program Director Matt Hourihan said.
«We are hoping the study will encourage policymakers to consider the potential negative impact of removing addiction treatment from the essential health benefits in Medicaid expansion plans and reversing the parity requirement to cover addiction treatment services on par with medical and surgical benefits,» she said.
«Right now the research community is hampered in its ability to inform policymakers about the expected benefits and costs of different policy approaches because of politically ‑ motivated limits on data access, and substantial federal under ‑ funding of research on gun violence.»
A connection between innovators and policymakers will be more important within the next decade, he said, and it will require policy frameworks to ensure that potential risks are managed to reap societal benefits, particularly as it concerns the «Internet of Things» technologies and smart cities or even issues like smartphone encryption.
«As local and state policymakers decide whether to allow hydraulic fracturing in their communities, it is crucial that they carefully examine the costs and benefits, including the potential impacts from pollution,» said study co-author Michael Greenstone, the Milton Friedman Professor in Economics and director of the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago.
«That means there would be tremendous benefit to patient advocacy groups, health care organizations, providers and policymakers working together to develop clear guidelines and policies around the responsible, positive use of open recordings.»
In this watershed moment, the Saul Zaentz Early Education Initiative is gathering researchers, policymakers, advocates, and practitioners from across the country to the Harvard Graduate School of Education for the express purpose of reframing discussions around early education, the delivery of high - quality early learning at scale, and its benefit to children and society.
While important work still needs to be done to examine the effectiveness of this particular technique for reducing policy misconceptions, we believe the policymakers could benefit from this research to assure that individuals» acceptance or resistance to a policy is based on accurate conceptions and not «fake news.»
«The recent Budget announcement to direct money raised by the tax on sugary drinks towards funding sport and after - school activities suggests policymakers are recognising the wide - ranging benefits of these activities.
And so, when parents and teachers and educators and policymakers are aware of all the other benefits that reading brings, it should give added impetus to trying to do something to maximise time spent in the classroom and spent in the home [reading].
The challenge for educators and policymakers will be to develop a system that captures the obvious benefits of high - stakes testing as a means of providing incentives while minimizing the possible distortions that these measures induce.
More research is needed to better inform the conditions policymakers can set to ensure all schools can operate to the benefit of all students.
Learning Around the Clock: Benefits of Expanded Learning Opportunities for Older Youth is an easy - to - read guide designed to help national, state, and local policymakers and practitioners better understand the wide - array of benefits ELOs provide and the programmatic and structural elements of successfBenefits of Expanded Learning Opportunities for Older Youth is an easy - to - read guide designed to help national, state, and local policymakers and practitioners better understand the wide - array of benefits ELOs provide and the programmatic and structural elements of successfbenefits ELOs provide and the programmatic and structural elements of successful ELOs.
While awareness of the benefits of SEL may be greater than ever before, it has not spurred a majority of state policymakers to act systemically to entrench it at the school level.
Since the benefits of competition are proportional to the quantity and variety of competing schools, policymakers should avoid imposing regulations that artificially reduce the number of schools or narrow their variety.
also suggests a similar defense of the fact that a great deal of teachers» financial compensation comes in defined - benefit pensions: It's one way that policymakers have been able to guarantee teachers decent compensation without having to get taxpayers to pony up for it.
Rampell also suggests a similar defense of the fact that a great deal of teachers» financial compensation comes in defined - benefit pensions: It's one way that policymakers have been able to guarantee teachers decent compensation without having to get taxpayers to pony up for it.
Blending and Braiding Early Childhood Program Funding Streams Toolkit The toolkit is designed to provide state advocates and policymakers with strategies, tools, resources and options to make policy choices that facilitate the blending and braiding of funding streams to improve access to and length of children's participation in full - workday, full - year, high - quality early learning programs that benefit vulnerable young children and working families.
While it's going to be a long time from now before the Congress would remove that benefit, it will be on the table if and when the policymakers amend the tax code of the nation.
While it may not be possible to eliminate every last default, seeing so many students fail to repay despite the array of repayment options and benefits suggests that policymakers could do a better job investigating what successfully keeps students in good standing on their loans.
The purpose of the SUPR 2 calculator is to provide policymakers and stakeholders with a rough estimate of some of the costs and benefits of different policies and technologies that could help a state meet its air quality goals.
The study is expected to build on the UK's 2006 Stern Report on the Economics of Climate Change, a study that for the first time gave policymakers an idea of what the financial costs and benefits of cutting carbon emissions could be.
I think we need to be getting at that so we can better inform policymakers about what the benefits are of taking some of the big transformational steps that whilst they might be economically beneficial are definitely going to cause political problems as incumbent power producers and others try and defend their turf.
Even just acknowledging more openly the incredible magnitude of the deep structural uncertainties that are involved in climate - change analysis — and explaining better to policymakers that the artificial crispness conveyed by conventional IAM - based CBAs [Integrated Assessment Model — Cost Benefit Analyses] here is especially and unusually misleading compared with more ordinary non-climate-change CBA situations — might go a long way toward elevating the level of public discourse concerning what to do about global warming.
[The UNFCCC] want to know everything there is to know about the feasibility, the impacts and, most importantly, for the policymakers, the cost - benefit [of a 1.5 C limit].»
DAI is developing and implementing an advocacy strategy to inform policymakers and the general public about the critical significance of PAS, as well as mobilizing a grassroots parent / youth network to share their compelling stories of the need for benefits and lack of PAS.
These leaders are tasked with explaining the economic benefits of early learning to policymakers and other business leaders and advocating for public sector investment in quality early learning.
As policymakers consider possible future directions for programs that support marriage and relationships, it will be important to focus on how best to target services to those most likely to benefit, which aspects of SHM should be included in future tests, and which should be altered in an effort to bolster program impacts and reduce costs.
Until now there has been little - to - no data to show policymakers and grant givers the economic benefits of SEL curriculum.
Considerable research exists on the elements of high - quality early childhood education and its many benefits, particularly for low - income children and English learners, but little information is available to policymakers about how to enact their visions of good pre-k programs.
Although there is considerable research on the elements of high - quality preschool and its many benefits, particularly for low - income children and English learners, little information is available to policymakers about how to convert their visions of good early education into on - the - ground reality.
Nareit is the leading producer and sponsor of research on REIT investment, which we use to communicate its benefits — continuing income, diversification, capital appreciation and inflation protection — to investors, policymakers and the media, worldwide.
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