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Can Labour Regulation Hinder Economic Performance? Evidence from India

Besley, Timothy J.; Burgess, Robin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

lowered investment, employment, productivity and output in registered manufacturing. Regulating in a pro-worker direction is …

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Enforcement of Regulation, Informal Labour, Firm Size and Firm Performance

Almeida, Rita; Carneiro, Pedro - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

This paper investigates how enforcement of labour regulation affects the firm's use of informal labour, firm size and firm performance. Using firm level data on employment, capita, and output, census data on informal employment at the city level, and administrative data on enforcement of...

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Investment, Wages and Ownership During the Transition to a Market Economy: Evidence from Slovenian Firms

Prasnikar, Janez; Svejnar, Jan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

(and trade-off between) investment and wages in Slovenian firms. We find that investment behaviour is more consistent with … display a trade-off between investment and wages, and workers share in firms’ surplus and appropriate funds that are supposed … to be used for depreciation investment. Most findings are consistent with the principal theoretical models of …

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The Rise of Europe: Atlantic Trade, Institutional Change and Economic Growth

Acemoglu, Daron; Johnson, Simon; Robinson, James A - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

This Paper documents that the rise of (Western) Europe between 1500 and 1850 is largely accounted for by the growth of European nations with access to the Atlantic, and especially by those nations that engaged in colonialism and long distance oceanic trade. Moreover, Atlantic ports grew much...

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Are Endowments Fate?

Nugent, Jeffrey B; Robinson, James A - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

In recent theories of comparative development the role of institutional differences has been crucial. Yet what explains comparative institutional evolution? We investigate this issue by studying the coffee exporting economies of Latin America. While homogeneous in many ways, they experienced...

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Endogenous Minimum Participation in International Environmental Treaties

Carraro, Carlo; Marchiori, Carmen; Oreffice, Sonia - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

Many international treaties come into force only after a minimum number of countries have signed and ratified the treaty. Why do countries agree to introduce a minimum participation constraint among the rules characterizing an international treaty? This question is particularly relevant in the...

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The Double Dividend Issue: Modelling Strategies and Empirical Findings

Bosello, Francesco; Carraro, Carlo; Galeotti, Marzio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

This paper reviews recent developments in the study of the so-called "double dividend", i.e. the possibility of improving the environment and, at the same time, reducing the distortions of the tax system through revenue-neutral green taxes. Recent modeling advances are considered at both the...

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On the Consequences of the US Withdrawal from the Kyoto/Bonn Protocol

Buchner, Barbara; Carraro, Carlo; Cersosimo, Igor - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

The US decision not to ratify the Kyoto Protocol and the recent outcomes of the Bonn and Marrakech Conferences of the Parties has important implications for both the effectiveness and the efficiency of future climate policies. Among these implications, those related with technical change and...

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Fiscal Federalism and Optimum Currency Areas: Evidence for Europe from the United States

Sachs, Jeffrey; Sala-i-Martin, Xavier - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1992

The main aim of this paper is to estimate the extent to which the Federal Government of the United States insures member states against regional income shocks. We find that a one dollar reduction in a region's per capita personal income triggers a reduction in federal taxes of about 34 cents and...

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Comparative Politics and Public Finance

Persson, Torsten; Roland, Gérard; Tabellini, Guido - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

This paper presents a model of electoral accountability to compare the public finance outcomes under a presidential-congressional and a parliamentary system. In a presidential-congressional system, contrary to a parliamentary system, there are no endogenous incentives for legislative cohesion,...

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