Sentences with phrase «on research policy»

The manifesto has been endorsed by six other MEPs who have focused on research policy issues, as well as by former research commissioner Philippe Busquin, who championed the ERA concept in its early stages.

A brief quote from this report by Eleanore Lee, who had just retired as an expert on research policy at the Office of the University of California President, highlights the Berkeley campus situation, which of course was a familiar one nationwide.

Typically, our engagement meetings focus on our research policies and methodologies and participants» respective views on governance practices.

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However, looking at DHS data on the arrest rate of illegal entrants at the Mexican border, Federico S. Mandelman, a research economist and associate policy adviser at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, and Andrei Zlate, a senior financial economist in the Boston Fed's Risk and Policy Analysis Unit, found the numbers have been plummpolicy adviser at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, and Andrei Zlate, a senior financial economist in the Boston Fed's Risk and Policy Analysis Unit, found the numbers have been plummPolicy Analysis Unit, found the numbers have been plummeting.

«We think there's a great combination of policy, there's growth, Europe is very open and the stocks in the (Euro Stoxx 50 benchmark) are representative of global growth more than in the U.S.,» Francesco Garzarelli, co-head of global macro and markets research at Goldman Sachs, told CNBC on Monday at the bank's global strategy conference in London.

One of the reasons the IMF has changed its tune on fiscal policy is because research it has done in the past year shows that borrowing to pay for infrastructure pays for itself over the longer term by generating faster economic growth.

The U.S. has taken a number of policy approaches aimed at increasing the country's innovation output, from boosting STEM education programs to offering tax incentives on R&D research.

Tom Mulcair's recent article for the Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) raises perhaps more questions than it answers about the NDP's positions on the economics of energy and the environment.

«There's no reason to think that the pace of economic growth today is excessive and needs to be slowed because of incipient inflation,» Josh Bivens, research director at the Economic Policy Institute, said in calling on the Fed not to hike.

In a new paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, the economists Gregori Galofré - Vilà, Christopher M. Meissner, Martin McKee, and David Stuckler show the dramatic impact poor tax policy had on Weimar Germany from 1930 to 1932.

In a report earlier this year for the Institute for Research on Public Policy, Trent University economist Harry Kitchen argues it's time for governments, particularly at the municipal level, to stop offering price breaks for seniors.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

For example, policy - makers at the federal level can conduct their own research on the effects of the sharing economy and pass it along to municipal and provincial authorities.

Chris Krueger, an analyst at Cowen Washington Research Group, said a large package could be difficult since the parties have a slew of policy differences on infrastructure — such as how to pay for it.

And many of the companies without policies said they choose to make appointments based on merit, not gender — despite mounting research that demonstrates a strong business case for more women on boards.

«The currency war is intensifying: the number of participants is rising, fresh policy tools are being used to fight, and the scale of influence on the wider foreign exchange market is increasing,» wrote HSBC strategists, led by David Bloom, in a research note on Tuesday which ranks global currencies» appetites for war.

Tarun has worked in health for 30 years, focusing on public health research, policy and practice in the prevention of common chronic diseases and addressing Aboriginal health gaps.

A new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research has found that tax policy has a dramatic impact on businesses and, if raised too high, could drive consumers to the black market.

Elaine Maag, a senior research associate at the Tax Policy Center, thinks that Ivanka's position likely changed as she became more educated on the issue and realized that the child tax credit reaches many more families than a child care credit could.

«The emphasis on sports is part of Kim Jong Un's strategy to construct and highlight more of what makes life fun, such as culture and entertainment,» explained Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein, associate scholar at the Philadelphia - based Foreign Policy Research Institute.

Strong export, import and inflation data from the U.K. in recent months have also reduced the likelihood of further monetary policy easing from the Bank of England (BOE) and should consequently alleviate some pressure on sterling, according to research sent to clients from Singaporean bank, DBS, on Wednesday.

«The limited research on the effects of foreign military policies indicates little or no impact on unit cohesion, operational effectiveness, or readiness,» the study said.

As BuzzFeed notes, much of Uber's new policy on accessing passenger data was included in an update to the company's privacy policy issued a day after reports of an Uber executive's comments about doing research on journalists.

According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a nonpartisan research group that focuses on reducing poverty, 20 million children in the United States (nearly 1 in 4) will have received Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits — better known as food stamps — in 2016.

«It's also part of a civic duty,» said Joo Yu - min, an assistant professor at the National University of Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy whose research focuses on mega-events in Asian cities.

Separately, some Republican senators were questioning the repeal of a 40 percent inheritance tax levied on estates worth more than $ 5.5 million, or $ 11 million for married couples — a tax paid only by the wealthiest American taxpayers, or about 0.2 percent of Americans, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a research and policy instPolicy Priorities, a research and policy instpolicy institute.

Stephen Tapp, a former Bank of Canada economist who now is research director at the Institute for Research on Public Policy, reckons the reversal will cost 0.2 percentage points of gross domestic product annually over the longresearch director at the Institute for Research on Public Policy, reckons the reversal will cost 0.2 percentage points of gross domestic product annually over the longResearch on Public Policy, reckons the reversal will cost 0.2 percentage points of gross domestic product annually over the longer term.

Given that our esteemed lawmakers can't seem to agree on anything these days, the entrepreneurship organization is a long way from being able to guarantee that such a measure will ever pass, but on the Hill's Congressional Blog recently, Kauffman's policy director Jason Wiens and Dane Stangler, the organization's vice president of research and policy, did make a strong case regarding why it should.

Senator Ron Wyden, the top Senate Democrat on tax policy, accused the Trump administration on Tuesday of removing a research paper from the U.S. Treasury's website that showed workers would benefit only marginally from a corporate rate cut.

The app also provides a link that explains the gender wage gap, which sits at $ 0.80 on the dollar, according to the latest research from the Institute of Women's Policy Rresearch from the Institute of Women's Policy ResearchResearch.

December 2002 (769 kb PDF file): Research summaries on IMF conditionality and country ownership of reforms and on public policies and the Millennium Development Goals; country / area study: Hong Kong SAR; summaries of conferences on challenges to central banking from globalized financial systems and on globalization in historical perspective; agenda of Third Annual IMF Research Conference; summary of September 2002 World Economic Outlook; visiting scholars at the IMF; contents of latest issue of IMF Staff Papers, other IMF research publiResearch summaries on IMF conditionality and country ownership of reforms and on public policies and the Millennium Development Goals; country / area study: Hong Kong SAR; summaries of conferences on challenges to central banking from globalized financial systems and on globalization in historical perspective; agenda of Third Annual IMF Research Conference; summary of September 2002 World Economic Outlook; visiting scholars at the IMF; contents of latest issue of IMF Staff Papers, other IMF research publiResearch Conference; summary of September 2002 World Economic Outlook; visiting scholars at the IMF; contents of latest issue of IMF Staff Papers, other IMF research publiresearch publications.

September 2013 (699 kb PDF file): The Research Summaries in the September 2013 IMF Research Bulletin focus on «External Conditions and Debt Sustainability in Latin America» (Gustavo Adler and Sebastian Sosa) and «Monetary Policy Cyclicality in Emerging Markets» (Donal McGettigan, Kenji Moriyama, and Chad Steinberg).

Blog postings by CEPR staff and updates on the latest briefings and activities at the Center for Economic and Policy Research.

Elliot Schrage, Facebook's vice president for communications and public policy, and David Ginsberg, its director of research, said in a blog post on Monday that the company had made «real progress» in dealing with hoax stories and sham accounts since the 2016 election and the campaign, known as Brexit, to withdraw Britain from the European Union.

For more Morgan Stanley Research on the 2017 global midyear economic, policy and market strategy outlooks, ask your Morgan Stanley representative or Financial Advisor for the full reports, «2017 Global Macro Mid-Year Outlook: Transitioning to Self - Sustaining Growth» and «2017 Global Strategy Mid-Year Outlook: Climbing the Last Wall of Worry» (Jun 4, 2017).

The C.D. Howe Institute's Financial Services Research Initiative is a multi-year program organized by the Institute to report and advise on financial sector policy.

Indeed, research on the nexus between monetary policy and financial stability is an important element of the Bank of Canada's 2016 — 18 medium - term plan.10

That experience, together with influential research on monetary policy, convinced the economics profession that maintaining price stability is the best — or even the only — contribution monetary policy can make to promoting a country's economic and financial well - being.

Peter Thiel speaks during a news conference on «nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to economic research and innovative public policies for the 21st century» at the National Press Club in Washington October 3, 2011.

The consensus on these two is evinced by countless research papers dedicated to monetary policy strategy and implementation in the past quarter - century, compared with a relative handful on the design of countercyclical fiscal policy.

This year, one of Camp Kotok's events was a panel discussion on monetary policy moderated by Martin Barnes, chief economist at BCA Research.

In the time I have, I will discuss how our thinking on the interactions between monetary policy and financial stability has been evolving, tell you about some interesting recent research by our staff and touch on some questions that have yet to be resolved.

While writing broadly about economic issues, Rosalie's research interest focuses on the implications of technology and innovation with the goal of identifying policy gaps, misaligned incentive mechanisms, and assessing potential causes and solutions.

This area covers the impact of regulatory and other policies, such as taxes and subsidies and competition policy, on specific economic sectors (except those covered by the Institute's natural resources or financial services research), on consumers, and on the overall state of competition in Canada.

In this webinar, Clean Energy Canada and our guest panelists, Clare Demerse, Federal Policy Advisor with Clean Energy Canada, Tyler Hamilton, award winning journalist and Canadian author, and Ben Thibault, director of the Pembina Institute's electricity program, will discuss new research on Canadian clean energy spending and deployment, and discuss what these findings mean for...

Policy Matters has conducted research on payday lending in Ohio for the last five years.

discuss new research on Canadian clean energy spending and deployment, and discuss what these findings mean for renewable energy developers, clean tech innovators and policy makers across the country.

Chair Yellen, relying heavily on research by David Reifschneider using the FRBUS model, comes to the relatively serene conclusion that by using forward guidance and QE policies — or LSAP (Large Scale Asset Purchases) in Fed parlance, the Fed will likely able to respond adequately to the next recession with its existing tool kit.

A policy committee, comprised of senior members of MSCI's index research team and firm leadership, have the final say on methodology and market classification questions.

A policy committee, comprised of senior members of MSCI's index research team and firm leadership, has the final say on methodology and market classification questions.