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Creating Low-Skilled Jobs by Subsidising Market-Contracted Household Work

Brück, Tilman; Haisken-DeNew, John P; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

We analyse the determinants of household work contracted in the German shadow economy. The German socio-economic household panel, which enumerates casual domestic employment, is used to estimate the demand for such household work. The regressors include regional wage rates, household income and...

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Inequality and Informality

Chong, Alberto; Gradstein, Mark - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

This paper presents theory and evidence on the determinants of the size of the informal sector. We propose a simple theoretical model in which it is positively related to income inequality, more so under weak institutions, and is negatively related to the economy's wealth. These predictions are...

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Political Connections and Firm Value: Evidence from the Regression Discontinuity Design of Close Gubernatorial Elections

Do, Quoc-Anh; Lee, Yen-Teik; Nguyen, Bang Dang - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

Using the regression discontinuity design of close gubernatorial elections in the U.S., we identify a significant and positive impact of the social networks of corporate directors and politicians on firm value. Firms connected to elected governors increase their value by 3.89%. Political...

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Corruption And Competition In Public Market Auctions

Compte, Olivier; Lambert-Mogiliansky, Ariane; Verdier, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

This paper investigates the effect of corruption on competition in government procurement auctions. Our assumption is … corruption is to facilitate collusion in price between firms. This can result in high public spending and inefficient allocation … which unilateral anti-corruption controls may restore price competition. …

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Leniency and Whistleblowers in Antitrust

Spagnolo, Giancarlo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

fraud, or corruption - that share with cartels the crucial features that well designed leniency and whistleblower programs …

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The Size and Scope of Government: Comparative Politics With Rational Politicians

Persson, Torsten; Tabellini, Guido - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

We try to demonstrate how economists may engage in research on comparative politics, relating the size and composition of government spending to the political system. A Downsian model of electoral competition and forward-looking voting indicates that majoritarian---as opposed to...

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Corruption and Openness

Neeman, Zvika; Paserman, M. Daniele; Simhon, Avi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

We consider a neoclassical growth model with endogenous corruption. Corruption and wealth, which are co-determined in … corruption, and if indeed as suggested by a number of empirical studies corruption hampers growth, then how did rich countries … relatively closed economies of the 19th century, the gains from corruption remained inside the country and became part of the …

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The Simple Economics of Extortion: Evidence from Trucking in Aceh

Barron, Patrick; Olken, Benjamin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

when designing anti-corruption policy. …

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Tariff Evasion and Customs Corruption: Does PSI Help?

Anson, José; Cadot, Olivier; Olarreaga, Marcelo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

This Paper provides a new approach to the evaluation of pre-shipment inspection (PSI) programs as ways of improving tariff-revenue collection and reducing fraud when customs administrations are corrupt. We build a model highlighting the contribution of surveillance firms to the generation of...

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Tax Rates and Tax Evasion: Evidence from 'Missing Imports' in China

Fisman, Raymond; Wei, Shang-Jin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

Tax evasion, by its very nature, is difficult to observe. In this Paper, we present a case study of tax evasion in China. The novel feature of our approach is that at a very disaggregated level of individual products, we can measure evasion relatively precisely, by comparing the values that...

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