How do you "save" revenue?
"When you looked at the profits during the peak enrollment period of 2008-2010, they didn't save revenue for a rainy day," said Baylor, the former Senate investigator.
Chile, for instance, saved revenues from copper exports when commodities prices climbed, allowing it to enact a stimulus plan last year and rebound from the February earthquake.
In 1948, Costa Rica abolished the army and used part of the saved revenue for higher education.
Several case studies are introduced to show the importance and benefits of the analytics of geospatial big data, including fuel and time saving, revenue increase, urban planning, and health care.
It is important to note that unannounced decisions can either raise revenue, save revenue, permanently lose revenue, or spend revenue.
According to her book, the budget leaked less and spending stabilised as the government managed to save surplus revenues, cushioning the country against volatility in the oil price.
Until three or four years ago, oil and mineral producing countries were advised to save resource revenues abroad according to some version of the permanent income hypothesis, which posits accumulation of foreign savings until returns on accumulated capital are sufficient to provide an even future revenue stream.
To beat the resource curse, the Mongolian government has proposed a law based on a Chilean measure that would save surplus revenue from mineral royalties when prices are high to stabilize the budget when they fall.
As Zer-Aviv described, with a hint of daring, Google will either take it down, to save ad revenue, which would be a great stunt; or it won't take it down, which would also be great.
