This paper examines whether a tipping point exists for real GDP growth in Italy above which the ratio of non-performing loans (NPLs) to total loans falls significantly. Estimating a heterogeneous ...

This paper studies the effect of the VAT threshold on firm growth in the UK, using exogenous variation over time in the threshold, combined with turnover bin fixed effects, for identification. We find ...

Association between primary surgery and all-cause mortality among elderly patients with high-risk prostate cancer. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2017 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium. This ...

Chipmakers are pushing into sub-threshold operation in an effort to prolong battery life and reduce energy costs, adding a whole new set of challenges for design teams. While process and environmental ...

Customs and Border Protection is continuing to work on developing algorithmic systems to conduct automated inspections of vehicles at the border, with the providers of these systems still in the ...

There's strong evidence of a 'threshold effect' in English hospitals' efforts to comply with the 18-week referral to treatment standard, concludes a long term data analysis of performance against the ...

A consultation from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and NHS England (NHSE) has proposed what amounts to an explicit, third threshold for cost-effectiveness to be used for ...