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Health insurance coverage and the role of income uncertainty
Chatterjee, Swarnankur - In: Economics Bulletin 29 (2009) 2, pp. 1246-1254
This paper uses the National Longitudinal Survey data set to examine the role of income uncertainty in explaining the … behavioral factors, the results suggest that individuals who face greater income uncertainty are less likely to have health … insurance coverage. Additionally, the likelihood of health insurance coverage increases with income and educational attainment. …
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Probabilistic Production of a Public Good
Stoddard, Brock V - In: Economics Bulletin 35 (2015) 1, pp. 37-52
In a laboratory experiment, the voluntary provision of public goods is investigated when there is probabilistic uncertainty about the monetary return from production of the public good. After group members make their provision decisions, the return is drawn from an exogenously determined...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011213788
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Interjurisdictional tax competition for domestic and foreign capital
Hsu, Li-Chen - In: Economics Bulletin 31 (2011) 2, pp. 1474-1482
This paper examines the efficient provision of local public goods when jurisdictions compete for both domestic and foreign capital. Capital is freely mobile between jurisdictions in the home country, but capital owners will incur migration costs if investing abroad. Since the supply of foreign...
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Tactical transfers in a federal institutional setting
Guggiola, Gabriele - In: Economics Bulletin 31 (2011) 3, pp. 2098-2108
One of the main aim of political economy is to understand how income redistribution is determined. In the paper …
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Probabilistic Production of a Public Good
Stoddard, Brock V - In: Economics Bulletin 34 (2014) 4, pp. 2411-2426
In a laboratory experiment, the voluntary provision of public goods is investigated when there is probabilistic uncertainty about the monetary return from production of the public good. After group members make their provision decisions, the return is drawn from an exogenously determined...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011103385
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Probabilistic Production of a Public Good
Stoddard, Brock V - In: Economics Bulletin 34 (2014) 4, pp. 2427-2442
In a laboratory experiment, the voluntary provision of public goods is investigated when there is probabilistic uncertainty about the monetary return from production of the public good. After group members make their provision decisions, the return is drawn from an exogenously determined...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011103386
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Peace Dividends in a Trade-theoretic Model of Conflict
Lahiri, Sajal; Vlad, Valerica - In: Economics Bulletin 32 (2012) 1, pp. 737-745
We construct a trade-theoretic model for three open economies two of which are in conflict with each other and the third is the source of foreign investments to the two warring countries. War efforts — which involve the use of soldiers — is determined endogenously. The purpose of...
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Why some countries adopt ecolabeling schemes in their regulatory arsenal and others do not?
Grolleau, Gilles; Harbi, Sana El - In: Economics Bulletin 17 (2008) 3, pp. 1-11
We use data to investigate econometrically the determinants of the adoption of ecolabeling schemes among countries. Our findings show that economic and political freedoms, innovation capacities and experience with other environmental voluntary approaches play a major, sometimes...
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Individual attitudes toward anti-corruption policies in Sub-Saharan Africa: Microeconometric evidence
Attila, Gbewopo - In: Economics Bulletin 29 (2009) 3, pp. 1933-1939
This study examines African populations` attitudes toward anti-corruption policies. Previous studies only look at individuals` experiences or attitudes with respect to corruption itself or its prevalence. Relying on micro data from six Sub-Saharan African countries and using ordered probit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008563161
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Partial vaccination programs and the eradication of infectious diseases
Kureishi, Wataru - In: Economics Bulletin 29 (2009) 4, pp. 2758-2769
We incorporate the possibility of eradicating infectious diseases through partial vaccinations into a static model where each individual incurs a cost, which differs among the individuals, when he/she is administered a vaccine. We show that if an infectious disease is eradicated by vaccinating...
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