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Perception vs. experience : explaining differences in corruption measures using microdata

Gutmann, Jerg; Padovano, Fabio; Voigt, Stefan - 2019

Understanding corruption is at the heart of treating the dysfunctionality of many countries’ public sectors. Yet, most … corruption research suffers from one common problem: There is no “objective” measure of public-sector corruption for a cross …-section of countries. Most studies on the determinants or the effects of corruption rely on indicators of corruption perception …

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Out-of-sample exchange rate predictability with Taylor rule fundamentals

Molodtsova, Tanya; Papell, David H. - In: Journal of international economics 77 (2009) 2, pp. 167-180

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Interdependent preferential trade agreement memberships : an empirical analysis

Egger, Peter; Larch, Mario - In: Journal of international economics 76 (2008) 2, pp. 384-399

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International taxation and multinational firm location decisions

Barrios Cobos, Salvador; Huizinga, Harry; Laeven, Luc; … - 2008

Using a large international firm-level data set, we estimate separate effects of host and parent country taxation on the location decisions of multinational firms. Both types of taxation are estimated to have a negative impact on the location of new foreign subsidiaries. In fact, the impact of...

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Do free trade agreements actually increase members' international trade?

Baier, Scott L.; Bergstrand, Jeffrey H. - In: Journal of international economics 71 (2007) 1, pp. 72-95

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The trade effects of endogenous preferential trade agreements

Egger, Peter; Larch, Mario; Staub, Kevin E.; … - 2010

empirical model which takes into account both that preferential trade agreement membership is endogenous and that the world …

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International capital market integration, educational choice and economic growth

Egger, Hartmut; Egger, Peter; Falkinger, Josef; … - 2005

This paper examines the impact of capital market integration (CMI) on higher education and economic growth. We take into account that participation in higher education is noncompulsory and depends on individual choice. Integration increases (decreases) the incentives to participate in higher...

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Tax rate and tax base competition for foreign direct investment

Egger, Peter; Raff, Horst - 2011

This paper argues that the large reduction in corporate tax rates and only gradual widening of tax bases in many countries over the last decades are consistent with tougher international competition for foreign direct investment (FDI). To make this point we develop a model in which governments...

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Heterogeneous economic integration agreement effects

Baier, Scott L.; Bergstrand, Jeffrey H.; Clance, Matthew W. - 2015

Gravity equations have been used for more than 50 years to estimate ex post the partial effects of trade costs on international trade flows, and the well-known - and traditionally presumed exogenous - "trade-cost elasticity" plays a central role in computing general equilibrium trade-flow and...

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What determines BITs?

Bergstrand, Jeffrey H.; Egger, Peter - In: Journal of international economics 90 (2013) 1, pp. 107-122

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