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Is a 'Factory Southern Africa' Feasible? Harnessing Flying Geese to the South African Gateway
Draper, Peter - 2016
The countries comprising the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) are currently not very integrated into global value chains (GVCs), potentially missing out on important development opportunities. Accordingly, we explore high level options for promoting their integration. Given East Asia's...
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Taxing Expats : Instrumental Versus Expressive Voting Compared
Blankart, Charles B. - 2011
canton of Zurich of 2009 serves as a natural experiment for testing the instrumental versus expressive voter hypotheses. We …
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The Consequences of Being Different - Statistical Discrimination and the School-to-Work Transition
Mueller, Barbara - 2011
When information about the true abilities of job-seekers and applicants are hard to get, statistical discrimination by employers can be an efficient strategy in the hiring and wage setting process. But statistical discrimination can induce costs, if labor relations cannot be terminated in the...
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An Economic Theory of Switzerland
Blankart, Charles B. - 2011
Switzerland is often viewed as a federalist curiosity and a unique form of direct democracy. But this view does not … provide a proper understanding of the country. A theory of Switzerland is necessary. A consideration of the initial, exogenous … autonomy considerably better in Switzerland than in other states. An important factor is that the federal government, cantons …
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How Much Do Means-Tested Benefits Reduce the Demand for Annuities?
Butler, Monika - 2011
occupational pension wealth observed in Switzerland …
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The Effect of Agglomeration Size on Local Taxes
Luthi, Eva - 2011
Standard tax competition models predict a ‘race-to-the-bottom' of corporate tax rates when firms are mobile. Recent theoretical literature has qualified this view by offering a theoretical explanation why this extreme prediction need not occur: central regions with large clusters of economic...
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How to Tame Two Leviathans? - Revisiting the Effect of Direct Democracy on Local Public Expenditure
Galletta, Sergio - 2012
We explore how the vertical structure of direct democracy in a federal context affects expenditure decisions of sub-central governments. In so doing we revisit previous research on the effect of direct democratic institution on public policies. Particularly, the effect of upper-level (state)...
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The Timing of Retirement - New Evidence from Swiss Female Workers
Broadway, Barbara - 2012
We investigate the responsiveness of individual retirement decisions to changes in financial incentives. A reform increased women's normal retirement age (NRA) in two steps from age 62 to age 63 first and then to age 64. At the same time retirement at the previous NRA became possible at a...
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Sovereign Bond Market Reactions to Fiscal Rules and No-Bailout Clauses - The Swiss Experience
Feld, Lars P. - 2013
We investigate the political determinants of risk premiums which sub-national governments in Switzerland have to pay …
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What Do Immigrants Value Most About Switzerland? Evidence of the Relative Importance of Income Taxes
Morger, Mario - 2013
This study investigates whether migrants, once they have decided to move to Switzerland, prefer to settle in …
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