Showing 1 - 10 of 225
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001180191
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001136000
This paper reports results from a laboratory experiment that investigates the Meltzer-Richard model of equilibrium tax rates, inequality, and income redistribution. We also extend that model to incorporate social preferences in the form of altruism and inequality aversion. The experiment varies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012458719
investment? Can 'good economics' somehow offset the effects of 'bad' politics? Kazakhstan is a case where an autocratic regime … has actively projected market-friendly policies and attracted significant amounts of incoming investment. These policies … investment disputes that question the attachment to the rule of law. Moreover, the political regime remains strongly personalized …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012589873
We analyse preferences for public, private or mixed provision of childcare theoretically and empirically. We model childcare as a publicly provided private good. Richer households should prefer private provision to either pure public or mixed provision. If public provision redistributes from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003755931
Child labor is a persistent phenomenon in many developing countries. In recent years, support has been growing among rich-country governments and consumer groups for the use of trade policies, such as product boycotts and the imposition of international labor standards, to reduce child labor in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003760253
. We use probability theory to derive initial results, including both distribution-independent and distribution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003778992
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002120356
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003329911
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003330214