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Distribution of Natural Resources, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development: Growth Dynamics with two Elites
Falkinger, Josef; Grossmann, Volker - CESifo - 2005
This paper develops a model in which the interaction of entrepreneurial investments and power of the owners of land or other natural resources determines structural change and economic development. A more equal distribution of natural resources promotes structural change and growth through two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005765922
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Informational Requirements of Nudging
Benkert, Jean-Michel; Netzer, Nick - CESifo - 2015
A nudge is a non-coercive paternalistic intervention that attempts to improve choices by manipulating the framing of a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272627
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Punishment - and beyond
Frey, Bruno S. - CESifo - 2009
This paper argues that the “Economics of Crime” concentrates too much on punishment as a policy to fight crime, which is unwise for several reasons. There are important instances in which punishment simply cannot reduce crime. Several feasible alternatives to punishment exist, such as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005013061
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Bribery vs. Extortion: Allowing the Lesser of two Evils
Khalil, Fahad; Lawarrée, Jacques; Yun, Sungho - CESifo - 2007
Rewards to prevent supervisors from accepting bribes create incentives for extortion. This raises the question whether a supervisor who can engage in bribery and extortion can still be useful in providing incentives. By highlighting the role of team work in forging information, we present a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005765652
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Tax Me If You Can! Optimal Nonlinear Income Tax between Competing Governments
Lehmann, Etienne; Simula, Laurent; Trannoy, Alain - CESifo - 2013
margin. The skill distribution is continuous, and, for each skill level, the distribution of migration cost is also … migration is decreasing in the skill level. When the semi-elasticity of migration is increasing in the skill level, either … negative. Numerical simulations are calibrated using plausible values of the semi-elasticity of migration for top income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877657
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What Do Immigrants Value Most About Switzerland? Evidence of the Relative Importance of Income Taxes
Morger, Mario - CESifo - 2013
indicate that income taxes are a significant pull factor for international migration decisions. The same is true with respect … to intra-national migration. However, dominance analysis suggests that the relative impact of taxes compared to other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877741
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Regional Implications of Financial Market Development: Credit Rationing, Trade, and Location
Ehrlich, Maximilian Von; Seidel, Tobias - CESifo - 2013
We develop a heterogeneous-firms model with trade in goods, labor mobility and credit constraints due to moral hazard. Mitigating financial frictions reduces the incentive of high-skilled workers to migrate to one region such that an unequal distribution of industrial activity becomes less...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877832
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Why are Educated and Risk-Loving Persons More Mobile Across Regions
Bauernschuster, Stefan; Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan; … - CESifo - 2012
distance-related migration costs cannot explain the lower distance sensitivity of educated and risk-loving individuals. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877921
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Human Capital Mobility: Implications for Efficiency, Income Distribution, and Policy
Wildasin, David E. - CESifo - 2014
paper documents the demographic and fiscal importance of international migration, especially in aging societies, reviews the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877955
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Monthly Report No. 4/2014
Landesmann, Michael; Leitner, Sandra M.; Mara, Isilda; … - Wiener Institut für Internationale … - 2014
liberalisation of access to EU labour markets change migration patterns? (by Michael Landesmann, Isilda Mara and Hermine Vidovic … restrictions for Romanian and Bulgarian migrants, and potential migration to Austria (by Isilda Mara) Migrants in Italy, the United …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010942093