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The economics of human development and social mobility
Heckman, James J.; Mosso, Stefano - 2014
This paper distills and extends recent research on the economics of human development and social mobility. It summarizes the evidence from diverse literatures on the importance of early life conditions in shaping multiple life skills and the evidence on critical and sensitive investment periods...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010252655
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A tax on output of the polluting industry is not a tax on pollution : the importance of hitting the target
Fullerton, Don; Hong, Inkee; Metcalf, Gilbert E. - 1999
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001400200
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A Tax on Output of the Polluting Industry is Not a Tax on Pollution : The Importance of Hitting the Target
Fullerton, Don - 1999
We explore the effects of environmental taxes that imprecisely target pollution. A review of actual policies indicates few (if any) examples of a true tax on pollution. More typically, environmental taxes target an input or output that is correlated with pollution. We construct a simple...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471531
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Evaluation of Exchange-Rate, Capital-Market, and Dollarization Regimes in the Presence of Sudden Stops
Razin, Assaf - 2007
The literature has not being able to identify clear-cut real effects of exchange-rate regimes on output growth. Similarly, no definitive view emerges from the literature in regard to the effects of open capital markets on macroeconomic performance. The paper attributes the failure of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012729327
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The Economics of Human Development and Social Mobility
Heckman, James J. - 2014
This paper distills and extends recent research on the economics of human development and social mobility. It summarizes the evidence from diverse literatures on the importance of early life conditions in shaping multiple life skills and the evidence on critical and sensitive investment periods...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013057895
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The Economics of Human Development and Social Mobility
Heckman, James J. - 2014
This paper distills and extends recent research on the economics of human development and social mobility. It summarizes the evidence from diverse literatures on the importance of early life conditions in shaping multiple life skills and the evidence on critical and sensitive investment periods...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013058273
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International Migration and International Trade
Razin, Assaf; Sadka, Efraim - 2021
This paper surveys key developments in the theory of international migration and international trade, and provides a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013218419
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The International Transmission and Effects of Fiscal Policies
Frenkel, Jacob A.; Razin, Assaf - 2021
In recent years the world economy has been subject to large and unsyncronized changes in fiscal policies, high and … builds on a two-country model of the world economy which is applied to the analysis of the transmission and effects of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013225419
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Evaluation of Exchange-Rate, Capital Market, and Dollarization Regimes in the Presence of Sudden Stops
Razin, Assaf; Rubinstein, Yona - 2021
The literature has not being able to identify clear-cut real effects of exchange-rate regimes on output growth. Similarly, no definitive view emerges from the literature in regard to the effects of open capital markets on macroeconomic performance. The paper attributes the failure of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013225587
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Budget Deficits and Rates of Interest in the World Economy
Frenkel, Jacob A.; Razin, Assaf - 2021
This paper deals with the international transmission of the effects of budget deficits on world rates of interest and … spending. The model assumes a two-country world within which capital markets are integrated, individuals behave rationally, and … horizon was finite. This formulation generates asimple pattern of aggregate behavior of the two-country world, and it assures …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013240346