THE IMPACT OF A FUEL LEVY ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN SOUTH AFRICA

The impact of a fuel levy on economic growth in South Africa

Government expenditure is one of the factors that could influence economic growth and it depends on borrowing or on the amount of tax revenue.A fuel levy, as an excise tax charged on petroleum products such as petrol, diesel and OAK biodiesel, can be an important source of revenue for the government.It can, however, be a burden on fuel consumers.Th

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A new method to determine the mixing state of light absorbing carbonaceous using the measured aerosol optical properties and number size distributions

In this paper, the mixing state of light absorbing carbonaceous (LAC) was investigated with a two-parameter aerosol optical model and in situ aerosol measurements at a regional site in the North China Plain (NCP).A closure study between the hemispheric backscattering fraction (HBF) measured by an integrating nephelometer and that calculated with a

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Antipsychotics and mood stabilizers on risk for hepatic failure in people with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

Introduction Patients with severe mental disease have a considerably shorter lifespan than the general population.The majority of psychiatric drugs are metabolized by the liver.Cytochromes play a central role, interactions between drugs are expected.Neuroleptics are frequently associated with weight gain, steatosis development, elevation of liver e

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Prediction of groundwater level in basement complex terrain using artificial neural network: a case of Ijebu-Jesa, southwestern Nigeria

Abstract Empirical relationship between geoelectric parameters and groundwater level in boreholes/wells has not been established.Also, prediction of groundwater level from geoelectric parameters had hitherto not been reported.In order to overcome these challenges, the capability of artificial neural network (ANN) to model nonlinear system was explo

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