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PRC Industrial Policies Postdate Rather than Lead Economic Activity
Holz, Carsten A. - 2020
Industrial policies are widely credited with upgrading the economic structure of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and advancing its economy towards and beyond the current technological frontier. Yet the data suggest that the PRC's economy-wide investment patterns—with investment embodying...
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The Intellectual Spoils of War? Defense R&D, Productivity and International Spillovers
Moretti, Enrico - 2019
In the US and many other OECD countries, expenditures for defense-related R&D represent a key policy channel through which governments shape innovation, and dwarf all other public subsidies for innovation. We examine the impact of government funding for R&D - and defense-related R&D in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012858206
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Interest income tax evasion, the EU savings directive, and capital market effects
Klautke, Tina; Weichenrieder, Alfons J. - 2008
. Against this background, the present paper evaluates the real-world effects of this directive. The directive has left a …
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A Destination-Based Allowance for Corporate Equity
Hebous, Shafik - 2019
Following renewed academic and policy interest in the destination-based principle for taxing profits—particularly through a destination-based cash flow tax (DBCFT)—this paper studies other forms of efficient destination-based taxes. Specifically, it analyzes the Destination-Based Allowance...
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Wages and the Value of Nonemployment
Jäger, Simon - 2019
-experimental variation in nonemployment values arises from four large reforms of unemployment insurance (UI) benefit levels in Austria. We …
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Do Multinationals Transplant Their Business Model?
Marin, Dalia - 2019
What determines whether or not multinational firms transplant the mode of organisation to other countries? We embed the theory of knowledge hierarchies in an industry equilibrium model of monopolistic competition to examine how the economic environment may affect the decision of multinational...
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The Value of Formal Host-Country Education for the Labour Market Position of Refugees : Evidence from Austria
Ludolph, Lars - 2021
Refugees hosted across the developed world often work in low-quality jobs, regardless of education previously attained … using the example of forcefully displaced Bosnians who arrived in Austria during the 1992-1995 Bosnian war. Deploying 22 … attained in Austria vis-Ã -vis Bosnia on labour market outcomes for refugees aged around schooling thresholds. These estimates …
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Designing Instrument Packages for the Low-Carbon Transition : An Evaluation Framework with an Application to Austria
van der Werf, Edwin; Vollebergh, Herman R.J; Vogel, Johanna - 2021
commercial (buildings) sector in an ambitious country, Austria …
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The Austrian Pay Transparency Law and the Gender Wage Gap
Böheim, René; Gust, Sarah - 2021
In Austria, a gender pay transparency law was introduced in 2011, requiring companies with more than 1,000 employees to …
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Unearned Income and Labor Supply : Evidence from Survivor Pensions in Austria
Böheim, René; Topf, Michael - 2021
in unearned income, we exploit a policy reform that lowered survivor pensions in Austria. Men widowed after the survivor …
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