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Water Tariffs and Consumers' Inaction
Ornaghi, Carmine; Tonin, Mirco - 2018
We study adoption by more than 150,000 households of an optional transitional water tariff implemented in the South …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011872047
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Late Payments, Liquidity Constraints and the Mismatch between Due Dates and Paydays
Dahan, Momi; Nisan, Udi - 2020
behavior. In Jerusalem, water bill due dates are randomly determined and therefore may occur just before or after social … security paydays. We compared the likelihood of late payments by low-income households when they receive their social benefits … a day after the water bill due date to the likelihood of late payment by the same households when they receive their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012425639
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Productive government expenditure and economic growth
Irmen, Andreas; Kuehnel, Johanna - 2008
We provide a comprehensive survey of the recent literature on the link between productive government expenditure and economic growth. Starting with the seminal paper of Robert Barro (1990) we show that an understanding of the core results of the ensuing contributions can be gained from the study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264372
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The Macroeconomic Effects of Funding U.S. Infrastructure
Malley, James; Philippopoulos, Apostolis - 2022
This paper quantitatively assesses the macroeconomic effects of the recently agreed U.S. bipartisan infrastructure spending bill in a neoclassical growth model. We add to the literature by considering a more detailed tax structure, different types of infrastructure spending and linkages between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013177564
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The Macroeconomic Effects of Funding U.S. Infrastructure
Malley, James R.; Philippopoulos, Apostolis - 2022
This paper quantitatively assesses the macroeconomic effects of the recently agreed U.S. bipartisan infrastructure spending bill in a neoclassical growth model. We add to the literature by considering a more detailed tax structure, different types of infrastructure spending and linkages between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013307758
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A fair price for energy? Ownership versus market opening in the EU15
Fiorio, Carlo V.; Florio, Massimo - 2010
In the past two decades privatisation and liberalisation of network industries providing services of general economic … privatisation and other reforms on consumer prices using both subjective data on consumers' perception of utility prices and data on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270518
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On the many ways Europeanization matters: the implementation of the water reform in Italy (1994-2006)
Asquer, Alberto - 2009
to contribute to this line of inquiry through the case study of the implementation of the 1994 water reform in Italy in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266013
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Do firms sell forward for strategic reasons? An application to the wholesale market for natural gas
van Eijkel, Remco; Moraga-González, José Luis - 2010
Building on a model of the interaction of risk-averse firms that compete in forward and spot markets, we develop an empirical strategy to test whether oligopolistic firms use forward contracts for strategic motives, for risk-hedging, or for both. An increase in the number of players weakens the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275895
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Late Payments, Liquidity Constraints and the Mismatch between Due Dates and Paydays
Dahan, Momi; Nisan, Udi - 2021
behavior. In Jerusalem, water bill due dates are randomly determined and therefore may occur just before or after social … security paydays. We compared the likelihood of late payments by low-income households when they receive their social benefits … a day after the water bill due date to the likelihood of late payment by the same households when they receive their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013314857
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Petty Corruption and Citizen Feedback
Angelucci, Charles; Russo, Antonio - 2015
Numerous countries are introducing citizen feedback schemes to tame corruption. We study how best to incorporate feedback in public officials’ incentives. The main novelty of our proposal is to allow citizens to directly influence officials’ pay. We consider a situation in which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011388212