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A theory of trade policy under dictatorship and democratization

Zissimos, Benjamin - 2017

contributions. One is to provide a deeper understanding of the relationship between political institutions and economic efficiency …

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Decentralized environmental regulations and plant-level productivity

Ghosal, Vivek; Stephan, Andreas; Weiss, Jan F. - 2018

efficiency change and technical change. The data we use is from Sweden and for their pulp and paper industry, which is heavily …

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Optimal fiscal policy with labor selection

Chugh, Sanjay K.; Lechthaler, Wolfgang; Merkl, Christian - 2018 - This Draft: June 11, 2018

This paper characterizes long-run and short-run optimal fiscal policy in the labor selection framework. In a calibrated non-Ramsey decentralized equilibrium, labor market volatility is inefficient. Keeping fixed the structural parameters, the Ramsey government achieves efficient labor market...

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On the provision of excludable public goods general taxes or user prices?

Oikonomidēs, Geōrgios; Philippopulos, Apostolēs - 2020

, we address both efficiency and distribution issues. The focus is on the effects of user prices on individual incentives … and choices. We identify circumstances under which a market system of user prices not only enhances aggregate efficiency …

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Property tax competition : a quantitative assessment

Borck, Rainald; Oshiro, Jun; Satō, Yasuhiro - 2022

We develop a model of property taxation and characterize equilibria under three alternative taxation regimes often used in the public finance literature: decentralized taxation, centralized taxation, and "rent seeking" regimes. We show that decentralized taxation results in inefficiently high...

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Who is in favor of affirmative action? : representative evidence from an experiment and a survey

Herzog, Sabrina; Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah; Trieu, Chi; … - 2023

(e.g., related to an individual's altruism, fairness perceptions, concerns for efficiency, and political views). By …

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Banking permits : economic efficiency and distributional effects

Bosetti, Valentina (contributor); Carraro, Carlo (contributor) - 2008

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Market liberalization in the European natural gas market : the importance of capacity constraints and efficiency differences

Brakman, Steven; Marrewijk, Charles van; … - 2009

In the European Union, energy markets are increasingly being liberalized. A case in point is the European natural gas industry. The general expectation is that more competition will lead to lower prices and higher volumes, and hence higher welfare. This paper indicates that this might not happen...

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Highway to economic growth? : competition in public works tenders in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Galletta, Sergio; Jametti, Mario; Redonda, Agustin - 2012

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of the poorest countries in the World. The construction sector will play an essential part to bring the country on the path of economic growth, and competition within the sector is crucial to achieve this goal. In this paper we analyze the effect of...

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Efficiency and environmental impacts of electricity restructuring on coal-fired power plants

Chan, H. Ron; Fell, Harrison; Lange, Ian; Li, Shanjun - 2013

We investigate the impacts of electricity market restructuring on fuel efficiency, utilization and, new to this area … without. Our analysis finds that restructuring led to: (1) a two percent improvement in fuel efficiency for IOs, (2) a ten ….6 percent emissions reduction per plant. -- restructuring ; efficiency ; cost ; utilization ; emissions …

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