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Ruggedness: The Blessing of Bad Geography in Africa

Nunn, Nathan; Puga, Diego - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

effect on income. However, in Africa rugged terrain afforded protection to those being raided by slave traders. Since the … slave trade retarded subsequent economic development, in Africa ruggedness also has had a historical indirect positive … Africa the indirect positive effect dominates the direct negative effect. Looking within Africa, we provide evidence that the …

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Economic and Politico-Economic Equivalence

Gonzalez-Eiras, Martin; Niepelt, Dirk - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

We extend "economic equivalence" results, like the Ricardian equivalence proposition, to the political sphere where policy is chosen sequentially. We derive conditions under which a policy regime (summarizing admissible policy choices in every period) and a state are "politico-economically...

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Optimal Taxation with Rent-Seeking

Rothschild, Casey; Scheuer, Florian - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

We develop a framework for optimal taxation when agents can earn their income both in traditional activities, where private and social products coincide, and in rent-seeking activities, where private returns exceed social returns either because they involve the capture of pre-existing rents or...

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Customs Union, Tariff Reform and Trade in Differentiated Products

Venables, Anthony J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1985

The paper analyses tax and tariff policy for trade between economies which each contain a monopolistically competitive industry producing differentiated products. The consequences of tax changes by a single country are examined, and the general desirability of taxing imports more heavily than...

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Evaluating Tax Policy for Location Decisions

Devereux, Michael P.; Griffith, Rachel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

We consider the impact of taxation when investors face a discrete choice between two or more mutually exclusive projects; in particular we consider the location choice of multinationals. Such choices depend on an effective average tax rate. We propose a precise measure of this rate, which is...

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The Choice and Timing of Foreign Market Entry under Uncertainty

Pennings, Enrico; Sleuwaegen, Leo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

This paper sheds new light on why timing and entry mode should be considered simultaneously. We derive the profit levels at which it is optimal to switch from exporting to setting up a wholly owned subsidiary, creating a joint venture, or licensing production to a local firm. The preferred entry...

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Common Agency and Coordination: General Theory and Application to Tax Policy

Dixit, Avinash K; Grossman, Gene; Helpman, Elhanan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

We develop a model of common agency with complete information and general preferences with non-transferable utility, and prove that the principals’ Nash equilibrium in truthful strategies implements an efficient action. We apply this theory to construct a positive model of public finance,...

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