The Impact of the Use of Cross-Border Compensation Peers: The Case of Canadian Companies Using U.S. Peers

2020 ◽  
pp. 0148558X2093012
Author(s):  
Steven Balsam ◽  
Hong Fan ◽  
Amin Mawani ◽  
Daqun Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Ceo Compensation ◽  
Peer Groups ◽  
The United States ◽  
Stage Model ◽  
Change Models ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Compensation Package ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Market Factors ◽  
The Impact

CEO compensation in Canada is significantly lower than that in the United States. In this article, we examine the choice of, and impact on Canadian CEO Compensation, using U.S. firms in their compensation peer groups. Using a two-stage model to control for endogeneity, while we find the choice of peers associated with labor market factors, we still find that the use of U.S. peers positively associated with higher Canadian CEO compensation. This finding is after controlling for the traditional determinants of CEO compensation, as well as use of domestic peers. While this result holds for all components of the compensation package, we also find that having U.S. peers is associated with a greater proportion of equity in the compensation package. Our results are robust to various formulations including change models and using an earlier time period when peer disclosure was voluntary.

An Analysis of Procedural Medicare Reimbursement Rates in Hand Surgery: 2000 to 2019

Hand ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 155894472199080
Author(s):  
Danielle A Thornburg ◽  
Nikita Gupta ◽  
Nathan Chow ◽  
Jack Haglin ◽  
Shelley Noland
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Price Index ◽  
Hand Surgery ◽  
The United States ◽  
Medicare Reimbursement ◽  
Reimbursement Rate ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Long Term Trends ◽  
Fee Schedule ◽  
Procedure Codes ◽  
The Impact

Background: Medicare reimbursement trends across multiple surgical subspecialties have been analyzed; however, little has been reported regarding the long-term trends in reimbursement of hand surgery procedures. The aim of this study is to analyze trends in Medicare reimbursement for commonly performed hand surgeries. Methods: Using the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Physician and Other Supplier Public Use File, we determined the 20 hand surgery procedure codes most commonly billed to Medicare in 2016. Reimbursement rates were collected and analyzed for each code from The Physician Fee Schedule Look-Up Tool for years 2000 to 2019. We compared the change in reimbursement rate for each procedure to the rate of inflation in US dollars, using the Consumer Price Index (CPI) over the same time period. Results: The reimbursement rate for each procedure increased on average by 13.9% during the study period while the United States CPI increased significantly more by 46.7% ( P < .0001). When all reimbursement data were adjusted for inflation to 2019 dollars, the average reimbursement for all included procedures in this study decreased by 22.6% from 2000 to 2019. The average adjusted reimbursement rate for all procedures decreased by 21.92% from 2000 to 2009 and decreased by 0.86% on average from 2009 to 2019 ( P < .0001). Conclusion: When adjusted for inflation, Medicare reimbursement for hand surgery has steadily decreased over the past 20 years. It will be important to consider the implications of these trends when evaluating healthcare policies and the impact this has on access to hand surgery.

scholarly journals The Influence of Logistics Mode on Cross Border E-commerce Business Scale

2021 ◽  
Vol 235 ◽  
pp. 03006
Author(s):  
Xiaohui Hu
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
The United States ◽  
Intermodal Transportation ◽  
Road Transportation ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Logistics Mode ◽  
Transportation Logistics ◽  
The Impact

China’s cross-border e-commerce companies are facing the problem of high logistics cost caused by excessive reliance on road transportation in domestic logistics link. In the long-term development, crossborder e-commerce companies in the United States have adopted the intermodal transportation logistics mode, which can reduced the domestic logistics costs. In order to study the impact of intermodal-transportation logistics mode on the scale of cross-border e-commerce companies, this paper selects the relevant data of Hub Group, the first intermodal marketing company in North America, makes multiple regression analysis, and draws the following conclusion: the intermodal-transportation logistics mode of highway and railway collaborative transportation is conducive to the expansion of cross-border e-commerce business scale.

Cloudy days ahead: Cross-border evidence collection and its impact on the rights of EU citizens

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-250
Author(s):  
Lawrence Siry
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Cloud Storage ◽  
The United States ◽  
Legal Assistance ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Use Of Data ◽  
Evidence Collection ◽  
The Impact

In recent years, the development of cloud storage and the ease of cross-border communication have rendered the area of evidence collection particularly difficult for law enforcement agencies (LEAs), courts and academics. Evidence related to a criminal act in one jurisdiction might be stored in a different jurisdiction. Often it is not even clear in which jurisdiction the relevant data are, and at times the data may be spread over multiple jurisdictions. The traditional rules related to cross-border evidence collection, the mutual legal assistance treaty (MLAT) regimes, have proved to be out-dated, cumbersome and inefficient, as they were suited for a time when the seeking of cross-border evidence was more infrequent. In order to tackle this problem, the United States has enacted the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act, which gives extraterritorial e-evidence collection powers to US courts. Simultaneously, the European Union (EU) has proposed similar sweeping changes which would allow for LEAs in Member States to preserve and collect cloud-based evidence outside of the MLAT system. This article critically evaluates these developments from the perspective of the impact on the rights of EU citizens.

scholarly journals Assessing the Impact of Lifestyle Interventions on Diabetes Prevention in China: A Modeling Approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. 1677 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linna Luo ◽  
Bowen Pang ◽  
Jian Chen ◽  
Yan Li ◽  
Xiaolei Xie
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Peer Influence ◽  
Diabetes Prevention ◽  
The United States ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Individual Health ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Lower Body Weight ◽  
The Impact

China’s diabetes epidemic is getting worse. People with diabetes in China usually have a lower body weight and a different lifestyle profile compared to their counterparts in the United States (US). More and more evidence show that certain lifestyles can possibly be spread from person to person, leading some to propose considering social influence when establishing preventive policies. This study developed an innovative agent-based model of the diabetes epidemic for the Chinese population. Based on the risk factors and related complications of diabetes, the model captured individual health progression, quantitatively described the peer influence of certain lifestyles, and projected population health outcomes over a specific time period. We simulated several hypothetical interventions (i.e., improving diet, controlling smoking, improving physical activity) and assessed their impact on diabetes rates. We validated the model by comparing simulation results with external datasets. Our results showed that improving physical activity could result in the most significant decrease in diabetes prevalence compared to improving diet and controlling smoking. Our model can be used to inform policymakers on how the diabetes epidemic develops and help them compare different diabetes prevention programs in practice.

scholarly journals The Impact of Intergenerational Mobility on Msa Growth in the United States

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-141
Author(s):  
Mauro Joseph
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Intergenerational Mobility ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
The United States ◽  
Income Mobility ◽  
Absolute Income ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Two Measures ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThis paper explores the relationship between economic growth and intergenerational mobility in the United States. Data from metropolitan statistical areas in the U.S. is used to examine how two measures of intergenerational mobility impact growth rates. More precisely, I examine how absolute income mobility and relative income mobility are related the growth rate of real gross metropolitan product (RGMP) from 2001 to 2011. I find that absolute mobility has a positive relationship with RGMP growth over the time period, and that relative mobility exhibits a negative relationship with RGMP. Results are found to be robust to two stage least squares estimation.

Foodborne Disease in Canada - a 5-year Summary

1983 ◽  
Vol 46 (7) ◽  
pp. 650-675 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. C. D. TODD
Keyword(s):  
Food Processing ◽  
Disease Surveillance ◽  
The United States ◽  
Foodborne Disease ◽  
Salmonella Spp ◽  
Naturally Occurring ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Etiologic Agents ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Disease Specific

Five years of foodborne disease surveillance in Canada were examined. Microorganisms, particularly Salmonella spp., Staphylococcus aureus and Clostridium perfringens, were the main etiologic agents, but diseases also resulted from contaminanation of food with chemicals and parasites or food containing naturally-occurring plant and animal toxins. The foods involved were, in general, potentially hazardous items, such as meat and poultry. Where information is known, most of the problems associated with foodborne illness occurred at foodservice establishments, but the impact of mishandling in homes and food processing establishments was also great. The kinds of data accumulated were similar to those from the United States for the same time period, In order to reduce the prevalence of foodborne disease, specific educational and enforcement programs have to be initiated. Similar approaches could be taken for both countries.

Abstract 185: Declining Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Case-Fatality Rates in a Population

Stroke ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 43 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Mackey ◽  
Kathleen Alwell ◽  
Jane C Khoury ◽  
Charles J Moomaw ◽  
Matthew L Flaherty ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage ◽  
Hospital Setting ◽  
Case Fatality ◽  
The United States ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Day Case ◽  
Physician Review ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Medical Advances ◽  
The Impact

Introduction: In the last few decades there have been several medical advances in the care of patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). But few population-based studies (and none in the United States) have examined outcomes in the same population over time. Methods: All SAHs among residents of the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky (GCNK) region at least 20 years of age were identified using ICD-9 codes 430-436 and verified via study physician review in four distinct study periods. An incidence rate for each time period was calculated. Baseline characteristics, including demographics, risk factors, and functional status, were ascertained, along with hospital discharge modified Rankin score and all-cause 30- and 90-day case-fatality. Results: We identified 78 SAHs among residents of the GCNK region in 1988, 85 from 7/1993 to 6/1994, 95 in 1999, and 91 in 2005. The incidence of SAH in the four study periods (age-, race-, and sex-adjusted to the 2000 US population) was 9.4, 9.3, 10.0, and 9.0 per 100,000, respectively. Of the 349 SAHs in the study periods, 326 were diagnosed in an ED or hospital setting, while 23 were diagnosed on autopsy alone. All-cause 30- and 90-day case-fatality rates declined significantly from 1988 to 2005 ( Table ), even when all autopsy-alone cases were excluded. Conclusions: While the incidence of SAH remained stable in this population-based region, the 30-day and 90-day case-fatality rates declined significantly. Advances in surgical and medical management, along with systems-based changes such as the emergence of neurocritical care units, have likely led to reduced case-fatality. Future studies should explore the impact of specific factors related to improved case-fatality rates.

scholarly journals Adjudicating Cryptocurrencies at the WTO: Potential Threshold and Substantive Issues

Global Jurist ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandeep Thomas Chandy ◽  
Prakhar Bhardwaj
Keyword(s):  
Financial Services ◽  
World Trade Organisation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Future Time Period ◽  
Persuasive Argument ◽  
General Exceptions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Potential Threshold

AbstractTaking Venezuela’s complaint against the United States at the World Trade Organisation (“WTO”) as the inflection point, this Article will explore whether a characterisation of cryptocurrencies as a ‘currency’ (similar to a fiat currency) would ensure that cryptocurrencies are not covered by WTO disciplines on goods and services. Despite customary international law principles such as ius cudendae monetae and the persuasive argument that a ‘currency’ is neither a good or service – the Article answers this question in the negative. It will divide issues that can arise during such a WTO dispute into three categories: threshold, substantive and compliance issues. Threshold issues would involve interpretative challenges to determine whether the General Agreement on Trade in Services (“GATS”) and General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (“GATT”) regulate cryptocurrencies. Since the GATS Schedule of Commitments has historically been interpreted in a technologically neutral manner, identifying cryptocurrencies as a ‘service’ may not prove to be insurmountable. However, the claim that cryptocurrencies are barter goods that will be subject to disciplines of the GATT deserves critical scrutiny – more so because the GATT regulates tangible products and contains specific provisions relating to balance-of-payments. The Article also undertakes a theoretical analysis of the heterodoxical nature of the cryptocurrency to evaluate whether it can be classified as a ‘security’ within the meaning of the GATS’ Annex on Financial Services. These threshold issues are, however, the tip of the iceberg. Once a WTO Panel commences its analysis, the substantive issues for consideration would involve determining whether a unique product such as cryptocurrencies has a ‘like product’ in the respondent Member’s market. Further, the Panel’s analysis would involve a consideration relating to ‘general exceptions’ under Article XIV, GATS or Article XX, GATT which would entail an examination of whether the measure was necessary to achieve, amongst other regulatory objectives, either compliance with domestic regulations or the maintenance of public order. If the measure adversely impacting cryptocurrencies is determined to be WTO-inconsistent, issues of compliance and suspension of concessions are imminent. WTO Panels have historically estimated the . quantum of suspensions of concessions by determining the trade volumes affected by the WTO-inconsistent measure and factoring it for a future time period. The decentralised nature of the distributed ledger technology underlying cryptocurrencies complicates any country-specific quantification of the impact on trade volumes of cryptocurrencies affected by the WTO inconsistent measure. Accordingly, determining suspensions of concessions in relation to cryptocurrencies would require significant judicial innovation by the arbitrator. Adjudicating Cryptocurrencies at the WTO: Potential Threshold and Substantive Issues.

Who Uses Fact-Checking Sites? The Impact of Demographics, Political Antecedents, and Media Use on Fact-Checking Site Awareness, Attitudes, and Behavior

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig T. Robertson ◽  
Rachel R. Mourão ◽  
Esther Thorson
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
Stage Model ◽  
Literature Analysis ◽  
Model Framework ◽  
Persuasive Message ◽  
Fact Checking ◽  
Audience Awareness ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Attitudes And Behavior ◽  
The Impact

This study examines audience relationships to fact-checking sites in the United States. Focus is placed on predictors of audience awareness of, attitudes toward, and visits to such sites within a stage model framework drawn from the persuasive message literature. Analysis of survey data from a U.S. sample shows that liberals and liberal/mainstream news consumers are more aware of, positive toward, and likely to report using fact-checking sites. Conservatives are less positive and conservative news consumers see such sites as less useful to them. Findings indicate that while specific combinations of predictors of awareness, attitudes, and behavior vary, fact-checking sites have a particular appeal to liberals and liberal/mainstream news consumers. Results point to U.S. fact-checking sites being absorbed into wider ideological discourses and patterns of ideological news consumption.

scholarly journals The Impact of Post-Crisis Regulatory Reforms on Cross-Border Financial Transactions

2018 ◽  
Vol 112 ◽  
pp. 41-44
Author(s):  
Sharon Brown-Hruska
Keyword(s):  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
The United States ◽  
Regulatory Structure ◽  
Wall Street ◽  
Market Participants ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Consumer Protection Act ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Financial Transactions ◽  
The Impact

One of the near casualties of the global financial crisis (Crisis) was the march toward a more principles-based global regulatory structure that simultaneously encouraged cross-border transactions and recognized sovereign authorities over them without the necessity of a one-size-fits-all regulatory framework. The implementation of the G20 reforms for over-the-counter derivatives was far more prescriptive than principled. Post-crisis implementation of the G20 reforms, embodied in the United States in Title 7 of the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, yielded a costly, and in some markets, persistent loss of liquidity and fragmentation as market participants have attempted to sort out complex and sometimes competing regulatory requirements for reporting, trading, clearing, margin, and capital in practice.

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