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Culture and tax structures
König, Tobias; Wagener, Andreas - 2012
We argue that societies with a stronger tendency towards postmaterialist life goals tilt the tax structure towards personal income taxes and away from corporate taxation. We provide empirical evidence for this correlation in OECD countries. To address endogeneity issues we then use an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009503814
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Sensitivity of matching-based program evaluations to the availability of control variables
Lechner, Michael; Wunsch, Conny - 2011
the question whether the omission of important control variables in matching estimation leads to biased impact estimates … as detailed regional characteristics are also relevant. -- training ; job search assistance ; matching estimation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009011187
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Exponent of cross-sectional dependence : estimation and inference
Bailey, Natalia; Kapetanios, George; Pesaran, M. Hashem - 2012
An important issue in the analysis of cross-sectional dependence which has received renewed interest in the past few years is the need for a better understanding of the extent and nature of such cross dependencies. In this paper we focus on measures of cross-sectional dependence and how such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009488893
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Long-run impacts of in-utero Ramadan exposure: evidence from administrative tax records
Cejka, Timotej; Waseem, Mazhar - 2022
Using Ramadan fasting as a natural experiment, we estimate the long-run impacts of in-utero health and nutrition shocks …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013174485
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Earlier or later : a general equilibrium analysis of bringing forward an already announced tax reform
Honerkamp, Josef (contributor); Moog, Stefan (contributor);  … - 2004
The German Income Tax Reform 2000, which announced a reduction in income tax rates to be implemented in a series of three stages, was welcomed by the public as a step towards unleashing lurking growth potentials. Nonetheless, in the course of the year 2001 a dispute arose, centering around the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002520046
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Die Verteilung der Vermögen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland : Analyse und politische Schlußfolgerungen
Ring, Alexander M. - 2000
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001423817
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Estimating trade policy effects with structural gravity
Piermartini, Roberta; Yotov, Yoto V. - 2016
The objective of this manuscript is to serve as a practical guide for estimations with the structural gravity model. After a brief review of the theoretical foundations, we summarize the main challenges with gravity estimations and we review the solutions to address those challenges. Then, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011509468
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Estimating general equilibrium trade policy effects : GE PPML
Anderson, James E.; Larch, Mario; Yotov, Yoto V. - 2015
We develop a simple estimation procedure for general equilibrium (GE) comparative static analysis of gravity models …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011384362
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From late to MTE : alternative methods for the evaluation of policy interventions
Cornelißen, Thomas; Dustmann, Christian; Raute, Anna; … - 2016
This paper provides an introduction into the estimation of Marginal Treatment Effects (MTE). Compared to the existing … econometric techniques who would like to use MTE estimation. Our framework of analysis is a generalized Roy model based on the … IV estimation with a discrete instrument resulting in a local average treatment effect (LATE). Turning to IV estimation …
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