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König, Jan; Skupnik, Christoph - 2012

We apply a monopoly trade union model and analyze employment, wage and budgetary effects of (i) an inflow of migrant … (decreases) the employment level, if the union represents (does not represent) migrant workers. -- migration ; welfare state …

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Misappropriation of R&D subsidies : estimating treatment effects with one-sided noncompliance

Boeing, Philipp; Peters, Bettina - 2021

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Misappropriation of R&D subsidies : estimating treatment effects with one-sided noncompliance

Boeing, Philipp; Peters, Bettina - 2021

In evaluating the effectiveness of R&D subsidies, the literature has focused on potential crowding out effects, while the possibility of misappropriation of public funds that results from moral hazard behavior has been completely neglected. This study develops a theoretical framework with which...

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Misappropriation of R&D subsidies : estimating treatment effects with one-sided noncompliance

Boeing, Philipp; Peters, Bettina - 2022 - This version: April 2022

We investigate the misappropriation of R&D subsidies and evaluate its consequences for policy effectiveness. Using Chinese firm-level data for 2001-2011, we identify that 42% of grantees misused R&D subsidies, accounting for 53% of total R&D subsidies. Misappropriation leads to a substantial...

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Outsourcing motives, competitiveness and taxation

König, Jan - 2010

equilibrium level of outsourcing and employment. Here, we find that lower domestic costs decrease the proportion of outsourcing … and therefore, increase employment. Concerning the impact of taxation, we find that a lower consumption tax on output …

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