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The quantification of structural reforms : extending the framework to emerging market economies
Égert, Balázs - 2018
This paper estimates and quantifies the impact of structural reforms on per capita income for a large set of OECD and non-OECD countries. The findings suggest that the quality of institutions matters to a large extent for economic outcomes. More competition-friendly regulations, as measured by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011800715
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The relationships between costs and user charges : the case of a Norwegian utility service
Borge, Lars-Erik; Rattsø, Jørn - 2003
to consumers in terms of a higher user charge? (ii) Does user charge financing lead to higher or lower unit cost? The …. Moreover, user charge financing has a significant negative effect on the unit cost. An increase in the degree of user charge … financing by 10 per cent-points is predicted to reduce the unit cost by 5-8 per cent. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011509458
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On the many ways Europeanization matters : the implementation of the water reform in Italy (1994-2006)
Asquer, Alberto - 2009
The research agenda of Europeanization is currently highly focused on issued related to what accounts for the 'horizontal' interaction between domestic actors and how these actors make use of stimuli originating from the EU. This paper aims to contribute to this line of inquiry through the case...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003922685
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Shadow economies and corruption all over the world : what do we really know?
Schneider, Friedrich (contributor) - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003377261
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Donor ideology and types of foreign aid
Brech, Viktor; Potrafke, Niklas - 2013
We examine how donor government ideology influences the composition of foreign aid flows. We use data for 23 OECD countries over the period 1960]2009 and distinguish between multilateral and bilateral aid, grants and loans, recipient characteristics such as income and political institutions,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009764976
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Tax sparing, FDI, and foreign aid : evidence from territorial tax reforms
Azémar, Céline; Dharmapala, Dhammika - 2016
The governments of many developing countries seek to attract inbound foreign direct investment (FDI) through the use of tax incentives for multinational corporations (MNCs). The effectiveness of these tax incentives depends crucially on MNCs' residence country tax regime, especially where the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011457988
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Purchasing power parity for developing and developed countries : what can we learn from non-stationary panel data models?
Drine, Imed (contributor); Rault, Christophe (contributor) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003662794
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Shadow economies around the world : what do we know?
Schneider, Friedrich; Klinglmair, Robert - 2004
Using various statistical procedures, estimates about the size of the shadow economy in 110 developing, transition and OECD countries are presented. The average size of the shadow economy (in percent of official GDP) over 1999-2000 in developing countries is 41 percent, in transition countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011402475
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Why is fiscal policy often procyclical?
Alesina, Alberto (contributor);  … - 2005
Many countries, especially developing ones, follow procyclical fiscal policies, namely spending goes up (taxes go down) in booms and spending goes down (taxes go up) in recessions. We provide an explanation for this suboptimal fiscal policy based upon political distortions and incentives for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003201852
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Shadow economies around the world : size, causes, and consequences
Schneider, Friedrich; Enste, Dominik - 1999
Using various methods (currency demand, physical input (electricity) method, model approach), which are discussed and criticized, estimates of the size of the shadow economy in 76 developing, transition and OECD-countries are presented. The average size of a shadow economy varies from 12 percent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781691