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Control rights in public-private partnerships
Francesconi, Marco (contributor);  … - 2006
This paper develops a theory of the allocation of authority between two parties that produce impure public goods. We show that the optimal allocation depends on technological factors, the parties' valuations of the goods produced, and the degree of impurity of these goods. When the degree of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003392741
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Tax-benefit revealed redistributive preferences over time: Ireland 1987 - 2005
Bargain, Olivier; Keane, Claire - 2010
By inverting Saez (2002)'s model of optimal income taxation, we characterize the redistributive preferences of the Irish government between 1987 and 2005. The (marginal) social welfare function revealed by this approach is consistently comparable over time and show great stability despite...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009012491
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Tax-benefit systems in Europe and the US : between equity and efficiency
Bargain, Olivier; Dolls, Mathias; Neumann, Dirk; … - 2011
Whether observed differences in redistributive policies across countries are the result of differences in social preferences or efficiency constraints is an important question that paves the debate about the optimality of welfare regimes. To shed new light on this question, we estimate labor...
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Social stability challenged: pandemics, inequality and policy responses
Perugini, Cristiano; Vladisavljević, Marko - 2020
The public health measures implemented by governments to limit the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic will produce significant economic consequences that are likely to exacerbate social and economic inequalities. In this paper we provide a framework to analyse how income inequality, besides other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012214250
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Fiscal incidence on the island : Grenada's fiscal system and its incidence
Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo; Gómez Aliaga, Guillermo; … - 2024
This paper examines the distributional effects of fiscal policy in Grenada. Using data from the 2017-2018 Living Conditions and Household Budgets Survey and following the Commitment to Equity (CEQ) analysis framework, we estimate the effects of fiscal policy interventions on inequality and...
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Markets and motives : trust and egoism in welfare markets
Taylor-Gooby, Peter - In: Journal of social policy : the journal of the Social … 28 (1999) 1, pp. 97-114
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Construction contracts (or : "how to get the right building at the right price?")
Chakravarty, Surajeet (contributor);  … - 2006
example of how markets, as opposed to private negotiations, can be used to determine efficient contract terms. -- law and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003323165
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Contracts between legal persons
Kornhauser, Lewis A.; MacLeod, William Bentley - 2010
Contract law and the economics of contract have, for the most part, developed independently of each other. In this … essay, we briefly review the notion of a contract from the perspective of lawyer, and then use this framework to organize … the economics literature on contract. The title, Contracts between Legal Persons, limits the review to that part of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009312933
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Overtime working and contract efficiency
Hart, Robert A.; Ma, Yue - 2013
We present a wage-hours contract designed to minimize costly job turnover given investments in on the job training …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009788790
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United but (un-)equal : human capital, probability of divorce and the marriage contract
Cremer, Helmuth; Pestieau, Pierre; Roeder, Kerstin - 2012
) use of marriage is affected by the possibility of divorce. -- post-marital education ; marriage contract ; divorce …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009674949