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The Bail-In Problem : Systematic Goals, Ad Hoc Means
Eichengreen, Barry - 2000
created by their assistance to crisis countries. We question the wisdom of the case-by-case approach taken in Pakistan …
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Finance and Children’s Academic Performance
Hu, Qing - 2020
What is the impact of regulatory reforms that enhance credit market efficiency on children's human capital? Using a parent-child panel dataset, we find that such reforms reduced children's academic performance in low-income families. Consistent with the view that financial development entices...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012479202
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Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Motivations for Tax Compliance : Evidence from Pakistan
Slemrod, Joel - 2019
We examine two Pakistani programs to explore the role of deterrence as well as social and psychological factors in the tax compliance behavior of agents. In the first of these programs, the government began revealing income tax paid by every taxpayer in the country. The second program publicly...
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Intrahousehold Consumption Allocation and Demand for Agency : A Triple Experimental Investigation
Afzal, Uzma - 2018
We conduct two lab experiments and one field experiment to investigate demand for consumption agency in married couples. The evidence we uncover is consistent across all three experiments. Subjects are often no better at guessing their spouse's preferences than those of a stranger, and many...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480630
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Data and Policy Decisions : Experimental Evidence from Pakistan
Callen, Michael - 2020
We evaluate a program in Pakistan that equips government health inspectors with a smartphone app which channels data on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012481226
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Tracing the Impact of Bank Liquidity Shocks : Evidence from an Emerging Market
Mian, Atif - 2006
Pakistan, and exploiting cross-bank variation in liquidity shocks induced by the unanticipated nuclear tests in 1998. We … isolate the causal impact of the bank lending channel by showing that for the same firm borrowing from two different banks …, its loan from the bank experiencing a 1% larger decline in liquidity drops by an additional 0.6%. The liquidity shock also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466049
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Parametric and Non-Parametric Approaches to Price and Tax Reform
Deaton, Angus - 1996
parametric and nonparametric methods to analyze possible price reform for foods in rural Pakistan, and discuss the issues that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012473284
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Making Moves Matter : Experimental Evidence on Incentivizing Bureaucrats through Performance-Based Postings
Khan, Adnan Q. - 2018
this using a two-year field experiment with 525 property tax inspectors in Pakistan. The mechanism increases annual tax …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012453331
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Delivering Education to the Underserved Through a Public-Private Partnership Program in Pakistan
Barrera-Osorio, Felipe - 2017
underserved villages in Pakistan. Program schools were provided a per-student subsidy to provide tuition-free primary education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012453842
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Mobile Phones, Civic Engagement, and School Performance in Pakistan
Asim, Minahil - 2016
and performance of primary and middle schools in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The School Council Mobilization Program …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012455916