There is strong evidence about a home-court advantage in international portfolioquot; investment. One explanation for the bias is an information asymmetry between domestic andquot; foreign investors about the economic performance of domestic firms. This asymmetry causesquot; two types of...

This paper analyzes the implications of tax policy for the accumulation of human and physical capital and for the overall productivity level of the economy. A comprehensive income tax, applying to both labour income and capital income. discriminates against investments in human capital relative...