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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

Forced migration and social cohesion : evidence from the 2015/16 mass inflow in Germany

Albarosa, Emanuele; Elsner, Benjamin - 2023

A commonly expressed concern about immigration is that it undermines social cohesion in the receiving country. In this paper, we study the impact of a large and sudden inflow of asylum seekers on several indicators of social cohesion. In 2015/16, over one million asylum seekers from Syria,...

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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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Fiscal effects of minimum wages : an analysis for Germany

Bauer, Thomas K.; Kluve, Jochen; Schaffner, Sandra; … - 2008

Against the background of the current discussion on the introduction of statutory minimum wages in Germany, this paper analyzes the potential employment and fiscal effects of such a policy. Based on estimated labor demand elasticities obtained from a structural labor demand model, the empirical...

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Preferences for childcare policies : theory and evidence

Borck, Rainald (contributor); … - 2008

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...

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Using life satisfaction and happiness data for environmental valuation : an experienced preference approach

Ferreira, Susana; Moro, Mirko; Welsch, Heinz - 2024

A growing literature in economics uses subjective well-being data collected in surveys as a proxy for utility. Environmental economists have combined these data with the public goods experienced by respondents using a novel non-market valuation approach: the experienced preference approach. In...

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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

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 …

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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

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 …

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