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Is inequality harmful for the environment in a growing economy ?
Kempf, Hubert; Rossignol, Stéphane - HAL - 2006
political economy perspective. We consider an endogenous growth economy, where growth generates pollution and a deterioration of … the environment. Public expenditures may either be devoted to supporting growth or abating pollution. The decision over …, the less she will tax and devote resources to the environment, preferring to support growth. …
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Tax Challenges Facing Developing Countries
Bird, Richard M. - eSocialSciences - 2008
Most developing countries continue to face serious problems in developing adequate and responsive tax systems. This paper reviews the three principal ways in which developing countries may expand and improve their taxation systems - base-broadening, rate reduction, and administrative improvement...
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The political Economy of WTO with special reference to NAMA Negotiations
Shafaeddin, Mehdi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
The dissatisfaction of developing countries with the new Trade Round surfaced first in the WTO meeting in Seattle in autumn 1999. The Round was finally launched in Doha in 2001. Nevertheless, since the, the negotiations has faced with difficulties and deadlocks. The author argues that such...
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Antitrust and the competitive structure of the U.S. pulp and paper industry, 1950-1990
Toivanen, Hannes - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
product specialization. As in other industries, antitrust appeared to encourage successful and growth-seeking paper firms to … technological learning and the course of technological innovation. Industry’s recent performance and contemporary global …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005027144
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After 20 Years of Status Quo: The Failure of Gradualism in Slovenia’s Post-Socialist Transition
Spruk, Rok - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
decades in a comparative perspective. The paper outlines the growth trajectory of Slovenia from the onset of Habsburg Empire … to stabilize public finances in the light of age-related pressures and to boost productivity growth and structural change. …
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After 20 years of status quo: the failure of gradualism in Slovenia’s post-socialist transition
Spruk, Rok - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
decades in a comparative perspective. The paper outlines the growth trajectory of Slovenia from the onset of Habsburg Empire … to stabilize public finances in the light of age-related pressures and to boost productivity growth and structural change. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009647441
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The Political Economy of MGNREGS Spending in Andhra Pradesh
Sheahan, Megan; Liu, Yanyan; Barrett, Christopher B.; … - eSocialSciences - 2014
Are ostensibly demand-driven public programs less susceptible to political clientelism even when private goods are allocated? This is examined using expenditure data at the local level from India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.
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The political economy of the distributional character of the Greek taxation system (1995–2008)
Ioannidis, Yiorgos - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
The period between 1995 and 2008 is one of the fundamental transformations in the Greek economy. In that sense, we would expect an equally drastic change to have taken place in the structure of the taxation system. Nevertheless, no such change occurred. The explanation of this seeming paradox...
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Roots of disaffectation in Punjab - Comments on the book "Federalism, Nationalism and Development: India and the Punjab Economy " by Pritam Singh
Singh, Ajit - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The proposed book represents a serious, thoughtful and original contribution to the study of the political economy of Punjab, and more generally to the analysis of regional economic development in federally organised states in the developing world. It focuses on the Punjab, a geo-politically...
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Creating Markets out of Nothing:The Case of the Continuing Education System in Greece
Ioannidis, Yiorgos - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The development of the vocational training policy constitutes one of the most interesting examples of a policy which was introduced entirely due to the pressure exercised by the E.U., but it was implemented in such a way that it served the domestic political economy. The seven laws and the...
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