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Migration Elasticities, Fiscal Federalism and the Ability of States to Redistribute Income
Giertz, Seth H. - 2012
This paper develops a simulation model in order to examine the effectiveness of state attempts at redistribution under a variety of migration elasticity assumptions. Key outputs from the simulation include the impact of tax-induced migration on state revenues, excess burden, and fiscal...
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Behavioral Responses to Taxation : Cigarette Taxes and Food Stamp Take-Up
Rozema, Kyle - 2015
This paper investigates a previously unexplored behavioral response to taxation: whether smokers compensate for higher cigarette taxes by enrolling in food stamps. First, we show theoretically that increases in cigarette taxes can induce food stamp take-up of non-enrolled, eligible smoking...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013025318
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State and Local Sales Taxes and Business Activity in the United States
Saxon, Nicholas - 2015
There has been an increasing reliance on sales taxation in both the states and counties in the United States. In this paper, we are examining the relationship between state and local sales taxation and business activity in the U.S. by utilizing county-level data for the period 2002-2011.We have...
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Welfare Effects of Property Taxation
Loeffler, Max; Siegloch, Sebastian - 2021
We analyze the welfare implications of property taxation. Using a sufficient statistics approach, we show that the tax incidence depends on how housing prices, labor and other types of incomes as well as public services respond to property tax changes. Empirically, we exploit the German...
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The Dynamic Response of Municipal Budgets to Revenue Shocks
Helm, Ines; Stuhler, Jan - 2023
We study the fiscal and tax response to intergovernmental grants, exploiting quasi-experimental variation within Germany's fiscal equalization scheme triggered by Census revisions of official population counts. Municipal budgets do not adjust instantly. Instead, spending and investments adapt...
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The Impact of Oil Revenues on the Iranian Economy and the Gulf States
Dreger, Christian - 2014
In line with the neoclassical growth model a persistent stream of oil revenues might have a long lasting impact on GDP per capita in oil exporting countries through higher investment activities. This relationship is explored for Iran and the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) using...
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Exposing Corrupt Politicians : The Effects of Brazil's Publicly Released Audits on Electoral Outcomes
Ferraz, Claudio; Finan, Frederico - 2021
This paper examines whether access to information enhances political accountability. Based upon the results of Brazil … municipalities audited before and after the elections, we show that the audit policy reduced the incumbent's likelihood of re …-election by approximately 20 percent, and was more pronounced in municipalities with radio stations. These findings highlight the …
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Impact of Rural Employment Guarantee Schemes on Seasonal Labor Markets : Optimum Compensation and Workers' Welfare
Basu, Arnab K. - 2011
The recent enactment of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in India has been widely hailed a policy that provides a safety net for the rural poor with the potential to boost rural income, stabilize agricultural production and reduce rural-urban migration. This paper, models the impact...
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Income Guarantees and Borrowing in Risky Environments : Evidence from India's Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
Bell, Clive - 2015
sample of households in a semi-arid region of Odisha state. The potential endogeneity of borrowing and NREGS earnings is …
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Why Not Fully Spend a Conditional Block Grant?
Faber, Riemer P. - 2012
This paper studies a conditional block grant that Dutch municipalities receive for welfare-to-work programs. Many … municipalities do not fully use this grant, although programs are beneficial for them. We argue that municipalities incur expenses to …-specific data on grants and actual expenditures, we estimate that municipalities have to add about 90 cents from their own resources …
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