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This paper examines the determinants of tax evasion under prospect theory. For prospect theory, reference dependence is a fundamental element (the utility function depends on gains and losses relative to a reference point and not on final wealths as in expected utility theory). In order to...
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The explanation of social inequalities in education is still a debated issue in economics. Recent empirical studies tend to downplay the potential role of credit constraint. This article tests a different potential explanation of social inequalities in education, specifically that social...
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We investigate the relation between welfare and preference satisfaction in economics, and show that the extension of the scope of economic analysis through the 20th century forces economists to question the validity of the preference satisfaction criterion as a normative criterion for evaluating...
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In an often quoted article, Genesove and Mayer (2001) observe that house sellers are reluctant to sell at a loss, and attribute this finding to loss aversion. I show that loss aversion cannot explain this phenomenon.
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I show that a loss averse consumer who must share her budget between two goods prefer allocations for which consumption equals reference point for at least one good. The phenomenon intensity depends on the curvature of the utility curve. These results are consistent with several stylized facts...
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We show the existence of a twin peaks relation between trust and the size of the welfare state that stems from two opposing forces. Uncivic people support large welfare states because they expect to benefit from them without bearing their costs. But civic individuals support generous benefits...
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In this text we will show a connection between the level of corruption and the level of the FDI entering an economy. We … understanding of the process by which the corruption transmits its effects thru the economy, in this case, on the FDI. …
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While methodologies and survey techniques recorded progress over the years, corruption measurement remains a many …-headed monster. Since 2003 and the first publication of Transparency International's Global Corruption Barometer, researchers have … access to population's feeling about the corruption scourge across institutions. Thereby, wider room emerged for populations …
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This paper explores the role of corruption in a two-country model with fiscal spillovers. In the absence of cooperation … on governance issues, countries always have a strategic incentive to appoint policymakers whose aversion to corruption is … lower than average. An international agreement is a precondition for placing corruption fighters at the head of governments. …
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We explore the consequences of bad governance and corruption for public debt and welfare in a model of policymaking … point of this paper is that corruption can enhance welfare in two ways: first, by mitigating the inflationary bias of … accumulation. The paper thus invokes the lack of interest for explaining the prevalence of corruption in countries with low …
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