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Sima Siami-Namini Author

sima.siami-namini@ttu.edu (806)743-2300 | (806)743-230

Subjects of specialization
New economy,Knowledge Management (KM),Private sector,Public sector

Affiliation
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Texas Tech University, USA

Biography

Sima Siami-Namini, Ph.D Student and Graduate Research Assistant Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Texas Tech University, USA. His references include: 1. Walsh CE (2010) Monetary Theory and Policy, Cambridge Massachusetts, USA. 2. Sims CA (1980) Macroeconomics and Reality. Econometrica 48: 1-48

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Research Article Open Access

Healthcare Expenditure, Economic Growth, and Inflation in the G7 Countries: A Panel Cointegration Approach

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Sima Siami-Namini

The main aim of this research article is to explain the relationship between the healthcare expenditure, economic growth and inflation in a panel data of the G7 countries for the period 1995 to 2013 by using panel co-integration analysis. To explore the effect of inflation on healthcare expenditure, this article constructs two individual models using the consumer price index (CPI) inflation in the first, and the personal consumption expenditure price index (PCE) in the second. The CPI inflation has been used to calculate the change in the out-of-pocket expenditure of all urban households, while, the PCE inflation was used to measure spending on... view more»

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