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State capacity, conflict and development

Besley, Timothy; Persson, Torsten - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

three main sections: 1. The origins of state capacity, 2. Sate capacity and the genius of taxation, and 3. State capacity …

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Analyzing the case for government intervention in a representative democracy

Besley, Timothy; Coate, Stephen - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1997

The welfare economic method for analyzing the case for government intervention is often critized for ignoring the political determination of policies. The standard method of accounting for this critique studies the case for intervention under the constraint that the level of the instrument in...

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Read my lips : the political economy of information transmission

Besley, Timothy; Pande, Rohini - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1998

The paper studies credible information transmission by governments. A group of heterogenous individuals have to make private investment and labour supply decisions while relying on the government for information about investment returns. The government consists of an elected citizen who chooses...

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When does inter-jurisdictional competition engender a "race to the bottom"?: a meta-regression analysis

Costa-i-Font, Joan; De-Albuquerque, Filipe; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2015

A growing literature documents the existence of strategic political reactions to public expenditure in one jurisdiction on either neighboring or reference jurisdictions. The latter might give raise to downward expenditure spiral, or “race to the bottom”. However, in ascertaining the...

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Cross-country determinants of life satisfaction: exploring different determinants across groups in society

Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A. V. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

This paper explores a wide range of cross-country determinants of life satisfaction exploiting a database of 90,000 observations in 70 countries. We distinguish four groups of aggregate variables as potential determinants of satisfaction: political, economic, institutional, and human development...

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Gender segregation in employment contracts

Petrongolo, Barbara - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

This paper presents evidence on gender segregation in employment contracts in 15 EU countries, using micro data from the ECHPS. Women are over-represented in part-time jobs in all countries considered, but while in northern Europe such allocation roughly reflects women’s preferences and their...

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Can family-support policies help explain differences in working hours across countries?

Sila, Urban - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

It has been suggested in the literature that taxes and subsidies play an important role in explaining the differences in working hours across countries. In this paper I test whether public programmes for family support play a role in explaining this variation. I analyse two types of policies:...

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Limits to globalisation: some implications for taxation, tax policy, and the developing world

Roxan, Ian - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012

radically limited the power of national governments, particular in the field of taxation, in a world of highly mobile capital … and flexible transnational corporations. To explore the extent of the effects of globalisation on taxation, this article …, particularly in a world that includes developing countries, by considering the differences between different discourses on taxation …

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THE REAL EFFECTS OF TAX-BASED INCOMES POLICIES

JACKMAN, R.; LAYARD, R. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1989

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Taxation and Capital Structure: evidence from a transition economy

Klapper, Leora; Tzioumis, Konstantinos - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008

We examine the effect of taxation on financing policy using the corporate tax reform in 2001 in Croatia as a natural …

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