The average state and local effective tax rate on telecom services--some of which is paid directly by customers and some of which is levied on the companies, who then pass on the cost--is 14.17% throughout the U.S., compared to 6.12% for general businesses, according to the COST study.
The professors then assembled a different group of students who, after having caught colds, believed that discounted drugs treated their symptoms less well than did the same drugs bought at their full cost (a study that should be of interest to pharmacies advertising over the internet).
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The bulk of the cost savings in this study related to faster discharges from the hospital and the ER.
Study after study quantifies the cost and productivity losses from overregulation.
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Yet it has one incontestably beneficial attribute: It requires the physician to study the true cost and benefits of a course of action, and then to present that data to the patient.
"One study shows the cost of adapting a single watershed in China - that's one of the few case studies that's been done - comes in at a billion dollars a year, " he said.
The same study projects a cost of 6 cents per KWH for a conventional coal plant, 7 cents for one fueled by natural gas, 6 cents for nuclear reactions and for wind, and 29 cents for solar (after subsidies).
In the comparative study of the cost of mass transit, analysts at Mercer selected the most convenient and popular means of transportation between bus and subway in a given city and gauged the price based upon a ride in the city center for one adult, according to the Mercer analysis team.
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After two years of slowing growth, the cost of every major category of care began to rise more quickly in 2011, according to a study by the Health Care Cost Institute.
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It would have cost billions to do a gene study in just one disease.
The study identified the rising cost of fuel and food as other key concerns.
For one thing, this study alone will likely cost about a half a BILLION dollars.
His study focused on the cost-effectiveness and productivity of "comfort control" systems regulating heating, ventilation and air conditioning.
The National Screening Committee has commissioned a study to examine the cost implications of introducing an aneurysm screening programme.
Eating organic produce could be a partial solution, although one study suggests that the cost of avoiding intensive farm chemicals would mean a 31% increase in food prices.
This week The Wall Street Journal wrote about an intriguing new study looking at the cost of hiring employees from the outside, versus promoting from within.
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One study found that the cost of issuing a bond in Mexico was about half as much as in Brazil or Chile, owing to expensive disclosure requirements in Brazil and a stamp tax in Chile, which makes issuing bonds dearer at home than abroad.
Regardless of whether the entire amount was invested on that day or invested over a period of time, the portfolio rose in value if dividends were reinvested. (I intend to publish the study, which compares dollar cost averaging to lump-sum investing in the April AAII Journal).
Cost is often cited as a reason for this reluctance, but a study published Tuesday by UPenn researchers in the journal Circulation finds that cooling is more cost effective than many established medical therapies.
Using various indicators to gauge the stringency of product-market regulation and the cost of hiring and firing workers, the study finds strong evidence that heavy-handed regulation reduces productivity.
One of the world's most comprehensive cost of living surveys, Mercer's study takes 143 cities across six continents and compares the costs of over 200 items in each location.
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She said the study raises questions about the emotional cost, particularly for young people, of heavy reliance on a torrent of news snippets delivered via TV and online feeds such as Twitter.
The study is available online at no cost and with the help of the Internet, it has provided a basic reference for congressional and federal hearings and has helped create curriculum for graduate programs, Carpenter said.
In our study, we consider the effects of cost containment and coverage expansion separately.
Advocates cite a study that they say shows it would cost beneficiaries about five cents per month.
Software pirates cost Android developers serious money, according to a study released Thursday.
Read this case study about how poorly assessing technical risk cost one company millions of dollars and months of delay.
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That estimate was based upon cost and revenue projections of the CHRSA, which the study co-author noted that virtually every objective outside analyst found to be overly optimistic.
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According to the Reuters news agency, which carries out its own study of house prices in China, the cost of an average home in the mainland's 70 major cities fell 1.2% in April, extending an 0.7% slide in March.
Study after study has pegged energy efficiency as the lowest-cost way to curb fossil-fuel consumption and the resulting greenhouse-gas emissions.
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