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Viable Taxation
Perroni, Carlo; Scharf, Kimberley - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
Taxation is only sustainable if the general public complies with it. This observation is uncontroversial with tax … with taxation, obtaining predictions that in some cases point to a re-interpretation of the theoretical constructions of …
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Inequality, Development, and the Stability of Democracy -Lipset and Three Critical Junctures in German History
Jung, Florian; Sunde, Uwe - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
there exists a distribution of resources such that democracy emerges in equilibrium, but there are distributions of … resources for which democracy is infeasible in equilibrium irrespective of the level of development. The model also delivers … results on the stability of democracy with regard to changes in the economic and demographic environment. The results are …
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The Political Economy of Privatization and Competition: Cross-Country Evidence from the Telecommunications Sector
Colin Xu, Lixin; Li, Wei; Zhen-Wei Qiang, Christine - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
and cannot be more easily financed by borrowing from the financial market. Democracy appears to affect the pace of reform …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504478
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Transparency, Appropriability and the Early State
Mayshar, Joram; Moav, Omer; Neeman, Zvika - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We propose a general theory that explains the extent of the state and accounts for related institutions as byproducts of the state's extractive technology. We posit further that this extractive technology is determined by the transparency of the production technology. This theory is applied to...
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Diversity and Public Goods: a Natural Experiment with Exogeneous Residential Allocation
Algan, Yann; Hémet, Camille; Laitin, David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This paper demonstrates the effects of ethnic and religious diversity on the quality of public spaces. Its identification strategy relies on the exogeneity of public housing allocations in France, and thereby eliminates the bias from endogenous sorting. The paper uses micro evidence of social...
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When the State Mirrors the Family: The Design of Pension Systems
Galasso, Vincenzo; Profeta, Paola - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We study how the prevailing internal organization of the family affected the initial design of pension systems. Our theoretical framework predicts that, in society with weak family ties, pensions systems were introduced to act as a safety net, while in societies with strong ties they replicate...
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The Origins of State Capacity: Property Rights, Taxation, and Politics
Besley, Timothy J.; Persson, Torsten - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
Economists generally assume the existence of sufficient institutions to sustain a market economy and tax the citizens. However, this starting point cannot easily be taken for granted in many states, neither in history nor in the developing world of today. This paper develops a framework where...
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Consensual and Conflictual Democratization, Rule of Law, and Development
Cervellati, Matteo; Fortunato, Piergiuseppe; Sunde, Uwe - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
This paper investigates the endogenous emergence of democracy and rule of law in an economy where heterogeneous …
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Deregulation of Business
Yakovlev, Evgeny; Zhuravskaya, Ekaterina - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
What determines the enforcement of deregulation reform of business activities? What are the outcomes of deregulation? We address these questions using an episode of a drastic reform in Russia between 2001 and 2004 which liberalized registration, licensing, and inspections. Based on the analysis...
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Optimal Social Security Design
Miles, David K; Sefton, James - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
This Paper considers the optimal design of public pension provision for the retired and income support for those of working age. We consider social security systems that differ in terms of the level of benefits, degree of means testing and the nature of contributions. We aim to find which system...
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