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The Grand Experiment of Communism: Discovering the Trade-off between Equality and Efficiency
Farvaque, Etienne; Mihailov, Alexander; Naghavi, Alireza - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2011
social preferences in different economic systems. We introduce inequality-averse and inefficiency-averse agents responding to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009320986
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Is Inequality Harmful for the Environment in a Growing Economy?
Kempf, Hubert; Rossignol, Stéphane - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2005
In this paper we investigate the relationship between inequality and the environment in a growing economy from a … and show that inequality is harmful for the environment: the poorer the median voter relative to the average individual …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005570342
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The Consequences of Corruption: Evidence from China
Dong, Bin; Torgler, Benno - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2010
environment (“grease the wheels” and “sand the wheels”). Corruption is observed to considerably increase income inequality in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008465524
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Using the Law to Change the Custom
Aldashev, Gani; Chaara, Imane; Platteau, Jean-Philippe; … - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2010
issues in Sub-Saharan Africa and India. We also characterize the conditions under which a moderate pro-poor reform is more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008642161