More research is needed to determine if similar policies, such as the implementation of the CEO Cancer Gold Standard accreditation and persistence of such policies over time, can reduce healthcare costs for both employees and employers.
Second, they have the expertise and persistence for policy innovation (Weissert 1991).
In a report published on June 24th the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the central bankers' club, argued that central banks were becoming "overburdened" and that the "extraordinary persistence" of loose monetary policy was becoming increasingly dangerous (see article).Who is right?
As in the cases of path dependence discussed in the literature on inefficient institutions (see, among others, North 1990), there are self-reinforcing mechanisms for the persistence of import-substitution policies.
What explains both the embrace of T-TIP and the lack of robust recovery policies is the persistence of corporate and banker influence on public policy in both Europe and America.
Although policy output on climate mitigation looks quite substantial, this can hardly be said of the persistence of established local capacity and policy implementation, as local capacity remains dependent on intergovernmental funding.
"In other countries, concerns about stagnant wages or the persistence of the working poor lead policy makers to introduce them".
But the persistence of so many children without insurance frustrates both policy experts and frontline social service workers.
MoH's persistence in these negotiations was clear evidence of confident ownership of policy directions.
Dr. Steven Miles, a professor of medicine and bioethics at the University of Minnesota, who has done a great deal of research into the practice of force-feeding, said: "The persistence of the military's force-feeding policy in the face of international law, and the manner in which it is done, constitutes torture".
