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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...

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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 …

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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...

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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...

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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 …

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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 …

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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...

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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. …

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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 …

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A Crook is a Crook ... But is He Still a Crook Abroad? On the Effect of Immigration on Destination-Country Corruption

Dimant, Eugen; Krieger, Tim; Redlin, Margarete - CESifo - 2014

This paper analyzes the impact of migration on destination-country corruption levels. Capitalizing on a comprehensive … find that while general migration has an insignificant effect on the destination country’s corruption level, immigration … understanding of the socio-economic implications associated with migration flows. …

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