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Francesconi, Marco; Pollak, Robert A.; Tabasso, Domenico - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

Using data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), we make two contributions to the literature on end-of-life transfers. First, we show that unequal bequests are much more common than generally recognized, with one-third of parents with wills planning to divide their estates unequally among...

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Multitasking, Quality and Pay for Performance

Kaarboe, Oddvar Martin; Siciliani, Luigi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

We present a model of optimal contracting between a purchaser and a provider of health services when quality has two dimensions. We assume that one dimension of quality is verifiable (dimension 1) and one dimension is not verifiable (dimension 2). We show that the power of the incentive scheme...

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Paying for Performance with Altruistic or Motivated Providers

Siciliani, Luigi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

separating equilibrium can emerge, depending on the degree of altruism, characterised as very low, low, high and very high. i …) For very low altruism the quantity of the efficient and inefficient types is distorted upwards and downwards respectively …; the efficient type makes a positive profit. ii) For low altruism the quantity of the efficient and inefficient types is …

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Second-Best Carbon Taxation in the Global Economy: The Green Paradox and Carbon Leakage Revisited

van der Ploeg, Frederick - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

Unilateral second-best carbon taxes are analysed in a two-period, two-country model with international trade in final goods, oil and bonds. Acceleration of global warming resulting from a future carbon tax is large if the price elasticities of oil demand are large and that of oil supply is...

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Fiscal Norming of Wages to Promote Employment with Monopoly Unions

Crombrugghe, Alain L de; de Walque, Gregory - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

The paper analyses how a firm-level tax (or subsidy) calculated on the average wage relative to a pre-set norm may promote employment. We assume a monopoly union setting wages at the firm level to maximize that part of the wage bill exceeding the reservation wage. The fiscal device affects union...

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Self-Enforcing Intergenerational Transfers and the Provision of Education

Anderberg, Dan; Balestrino, Alessandro - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

Due to the presence of borrowing constraints in the market, the cost of educating the young members of a family is often borne by the adults. We consider intrafamily financing of human capital under the assumptions that individuals are selfish and binding contracts are not feasible. Cooperation...

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The Evolution of Aggregate Stock Ownership---A Unified Explanation

Rydqvist, Kristian; Spizman, Joshua; Strebulaev, Ilya - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

Since World War II, direct stock ownership by households has largely been replaced by indirect stock ownership by financial institutions. We argue that tax policy is the driving force. Using long time-series from eight countries, we show that the fraction of household ownership decreases with...

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Destination- versus Origin-based Commodity Taxation and the Location of Industry

Behrens, Kristian; Hamilton, Jonathan; Ottaviano, Gianmarco - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

This Paper studies the positive aspects of destination vs. origin principles of commodity taxation as well as tax harmonization, with an emphasis on the international implications of these measures when firms are mobile. We investigate the tax incidence of these two principles on price levels...

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Assessing the Effects of Local Taxation Using Microgeographic Data

Duranton, Gilles; Gobillon, Laurent; Overman, Henry G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

We study the impact of local taxation on the location and growth of firms. Our empirical methodology pairs establishments across jurisdictional boundaries to estimate the impact of taxation. Our approach improves on existing work as it corrects for unobserved establishment heterogeneity, for...

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The Complexity of Economic Policy: I. Restricted Local Optima in Tax Policy Design

Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

Economists traditionally tackle normative problems by computing optimal policy, ie the one that maximizes a social welfare function. In practice, however, a succession of marginal changes to a limited number of policy instruments are implemented, until no further improvement is feasible. I call...

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