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Effective Corporate Taxation, Tax Incidence and Tax Reforms: Evidence from OECD Countries

Barrios, Salvador; Nicodème, Gaëtan; Fuentes, Sanchez; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

The present study provides estimates of the Effective Marginal Tax Rates (EMTRs) for a sample of 17 OECD countries and 11 manufacturing sectors in a single framework encompassing capital, labour and energy taxes. Our cross-country/cross-sector approach allows us comparing the incentives provided...

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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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Direct Evidence of Dividend Tax Clienteles

Dahlquist, Magnus; Robertsson, Göran; Rydqvist, Kristian - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

We study a large data set of stock portfolios held by individuals and organizations in the Swedish stock market. The dividend yields on these portfolios are systematically related to investors' relative tax preferences for dividends versus capital gains. Tax-neutral investors earn 40 basis...

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The Distribution of Harm in Price-Fixing Cases

Boone, Jan; Müller, Wieland - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

We consider a vertically related industry and analyze how the total harm due to a price increase upstream is distributed over downstream firms and final consumers. For this purpose, we develop a general model without making specific assumptions regarding demand, costs, or the mode of...

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Assessing the impact of Mali’s water privatization across stakeholders

Estache, Antonio; Grifell-Tatjé, Emili - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

This paper offers a unique quantitative evaluation of the distribution of the welfare of a water privatization experience in Mali among labor, investors, intermediate input providers, users and taxpayers. The assessment is based on indicator duality and production theory. The paper shows that...

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Do the Biggest Aisles Serve a Brighter Future? Global Retail Chains and Their Implications for Romania

Javorcik, Beata; Li, Yue - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

-level data from Romania, this study examines how the presence of global retail chains affects firms in the supplying industries …

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Hardened Budgets and Enterprise Restructuring: Theory and an Application to Romania

Coricelli, Fabrizio; Djankov, Simeon - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

We identify the presence of soft budgets and analyse their impact on enterprise restructuring in Romania over the …

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Regional Unemployment and Human Capital in Transition Economies

Jurajda, Stepan; Terrell, Katherine - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

Differences in regional unemployment in post-communist economies are large and persistent. We show that inherited variation in human-capital endowment across the regions of four such economies explains the bulk of regional unemployment variation there and we explore potential explanations for...

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Competition and Firm Performance in Transition Economies: Evidence from Firm Level Surveys in Slovenia, Hungary and Romania

Konings, Jozef - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

countries, Hungary, Romania and Slovenia. The data are based on interviews taken in more than 300 state-owned, privatized and … pressure has a positive impact on firm performance in Hungary and Slovenia, but not in Romania, while in Romenia short … Romania, the results are somewhat mixed; state-owned enterprises do worse than employee-owned (privatized) and newly …

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The Enterprise Isolation Programme in Romania

Djankov, Simeon - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

We provide comprehensive analysis of the isolation program for financially distressed firms in Romania. The results …

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