This paper assesses the impact of French policies for residential space-heating energy consumption, both enacted (tax … anticipated (carbon tax, retrofitting obligation). It uses a hybrid energy-economy model incorporating specific features of energy … but, with the exception of carbon tax, generate a rebound effect ; (ii) interactions among instruments are roughly …

level of tax is sufficient under certain circumstances to significantly reduce segregation. We then investigate the effect of …

tax is shown to be independent of the weight the privatized firm puts on social welfare. The optimal tax rule, the …

bribe-taking and tax re-distribution. The politician obtains utility from net income that comes from his wage income, tax … embezzlements and bribe-taking, and he also has incentives for tax re-distribution. The higher the tax embezzlements and the more … taxes and taking bribes may be complements or substitutes for a politician, depending on the politician's incentives for tax …

This paper investigates empirically the relationships between the corruption climate and the demand for good governance … accountability as well as the firm's behavior in terms of corruption practices. While there is a growing theoretical literature on … the importance of externality mechanisms of corruption phenomena, little empirical evidences has been highlighted. This …

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 …

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. …

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 …