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Which conflicts can the European neighbourhood policy help resolve?
Gylfason, Thorvaldur; Wijkman, Per Magnus - 2012
economic integration encourages governments to take steps to resolve conflicts and vice versa, creating a virtuous circle of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010283602
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Consequences of the new UK tax exemption system: Evidence from micro-level data
Egger, Peter; Merlo, Valeria; Ruf, Martin; Wamser, Georg - 2012
Until 2009, the United Kingdom operated a system of worldwide taxation. Taxation of foreign income was deferred until repatriated as dividends, leaving UK-owned multinational firms the possibility of avoiding UK taxation by delaying dividend payments and keeping earnings abroad. In 2009, the UK...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288468
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Early Childcare Duration and Students' Later Outcomes in Europe
Boca, Daniela Del; Monfardini, Chiara; See, Sarah Grace - 2022
The importance of investment in early childhood education (ECE) has been widely documented in the literature. Among the benefits, particularly for children from disadvantaged backgrounds, is its potential to mitigate educational inequality. However, some evidence also suggests that the positive...
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Natural Disasters, Moral Hazard, and Special Interests in Congress
Kaplan, Carol - 2019
We exploit the precise timing of natural disasters to provide empirical evidence on the connection between electoral accountability and politicians’ support for special interests. We show that, in the immediate aftermath of a disaster, the evening news substantially reduce their coverage of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012892175
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Polarization in Parliamentary Speach
Fiva, Jon H.; Nedregård, Oda; Øien, Henning - 2021
We study political polarization in a parliamentary setting dominated by strong parties. In addition to examining polarization along the left-right dimension, we consider political divergence between legislators belonging to the same political bloc. Are politicians’ background characteristics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013250742
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Multigenerational Transmission of Culture
Spiro, Daniel - 2019
’s preferences. Furthermore, interaction of groups implies more extreme initial behavior but also faster integration. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012018198
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Ethnicity and tax filing behavior
Bastani, Spencer; Giebe, Thomas; Miao, Chizheng - 2019
We analyze differences in tax filing behavior between natives and immigrants using population-wide Swedish administrative data, focusing on two empirical examples. First, controlling for a rich set of variables, we compare deduction behavior of immigrants and natives with the same commuting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012018267
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Was Germany ever united?: evidence from intra- and international trade 1885 - 1933
Wolf, Nikolaus - 2008
integrated economy, both relative to integration across the borders of the German state and in absolute terms. Second, this … barriers that divided Germany along natural trade routes into eastern and western parts. Third, internal integration improved …, while external integration worsened after World War I and again with the Great Depression, in part because of border changes …
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Tear down this wall : on the persistence of borders in trade
Nitsch, Volker; Wolf, Nikolaus - 2009
-West border; political integration is not rapidly followed by economic integration. Instead, we estimate that it takes at least …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266027
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Integrated public education, fertility and human capital
Azarnert, Leonid V. - 2011
This article analyzes the consequences of integration in public education. I show that the flight from the integrated … among more affluent parents whose children flee. In contrast, among less prosperous parents, integration in public education … rich, who can resort to private education. I also analyze the overall society-wide effect of the integration policy and …
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