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Incorporation and Taxation : Theory and Firm-Level Evidence

Egger, Peter H. - 2009

This paper provides a theory and firm-level evidence on the incorporation decision of entrepreneurs in a model of taxes and corporate governance. The theory explains how the incorporation decision of entrepreneurs is driven by taxation (corporate and personal income taxes), corporate...

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Going NUTS : The Effect of EU Structural Funds on Regional Performance

Becker, Sascha O. - 2009

The European Union (EU) provides grants to disadvantaged regions of member states to allow them to catch up with the EU … average. Under the Objective 1 scheme, NUTS2 regions with a GDP per capita level below 75% of the EU average qualify for … structural funds transfers from the central EU budget. This rule gives rise to a regression-discontinuity design that exploits …

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Cultural Integration and Export Variety Overlap Across Countries

Egger, Peter H. - 2014

This paper assesses the role of a larger degree of common language use between the populations of two countries on the so-called extensive product margin of trade. We focus on the overlap of products exported or imported between any pair of countries. The results suggest that the effect of...

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