Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 2,037
Cover Image
Game of Zones : The Political Economy of Conservation Areas
Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M.; Moeller, Kristoffer; Waights, Sevrin - 2021
and thus impose a cost to their owners. We test a simple theory of the designation process in which we postulate that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315608
Cover Image
Explaining Spatial Variation in Homeownership Rates : Results for German Regions
Lerbs, Oliver; Oberst, Christian - 2021
A wide range of aggregate data is used to examine the spatial variation in homeownership rates among a cross-section of … spatial dependence in homeownership levels. In addition to familiar demographic and socioeconomic variables, the regional … disparities in homeownership rates between eastern and western Germany as well as between rural, urbanized and agglomerated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316053
Cover Image
The Causal Effect of Parents' Schooling on Children's Schooling - A Comparison of Estimation Methods
Holmlund, Helena; Lindahl, Mikael; Plug, Erik - 2021
We review the empirical literature that estimates the causal effect of parent’s schooling on child’s schooling, and conclude that estimates differ across studies. We then consider three explanations for why this is: (a) idiosyncratic differences in data sets; (b) differences in remaining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316139
Cover Image
Social Interaction and Sickness Absence
Lindbeck, Assar; Palme, Marten; Persson, Mats - 2021
Sweden, we adopt several different approaches to deal with these problems. The results are robust in the sense that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316579
Cover Image
Bunching and Non-Bunching at Kink Points of the Swedish Tax Schedule
Bastani, Spencer - 2012
Recent microeconometric studies of taxpayer' responsiveness to taxation have shown that intensive margin labor supply and earnings elasticities typically are modest and sometimes equal to zero. However, a common view is that long-run responses might still be large since micro-estimates are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013104173
Cover Image
How Should Capital Be Taxed? Theory and Evidence from Sweden
Bastani, Spencer - 2018
This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the role of capital taxation in advanced economies with a focus on the Swedish experience. We synthesize the existing theoretical literature, present facts about the capital stock and its distribution, review current capital tax practices and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012916564
Cover Image
How Much Do Means-Tested Benefits Reduce the Demand for Annuities?
Butler, Monika - 2011
We analyze the effect of means-tested benefits on annuitization decisions. Most industrialized countries provide a subsistence level consumption floor in old age, usually in the form of means-tested benefits. The availability of such means-tested payments creates an incentive to cash out...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013123214
Cover Image
The Golden Hello and Political Transitions
Aidt, Toke Skovsgaard - 2012
have taken place. We test this unexplored implication of the theory empirically. We find in a world sample from 1970 to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099239
Cover Image
The Effect of Child Care on Family Structure : Theory and Evidence
Bauernschuster, Stefan - 2012
This paper studies the effect of child care provision on family structure. We present a model of a marriage market with positive assortative matching, where in equilibrium the poorest women stay single. Couples have to decide on the number of children and spousal specialization in home...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013108093
Cover Image
Exchange Rate Expectations of Chartists and Fundamentalists
Dick, Christian David - 2013
This paper provides novel evidence on exchange rate expectations of both chartists and fundamentalists separately. These groups indeed form expectations differently. Chartists change their expectations more often; however, all professionals' expectations vary considerably as they generally...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013083266