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Subsidizing firm entry in open economies

Pflüger, Michael; Südekum, Jens - 2009

firms where government subsidizes entry of domestic entrepreneurs. Under autarky the entry subsidy indirectly corrects for …

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On the Inefficiency of Inequality

Schiff, Maurice - 2004

A number of studies have examined the implications of preference interdependence. This paper models utility as depending on other people?s consumption levels and shows that welfare declines with inequality, equilibrium inequality is inefficient, and the optimal intervention leads to a more equal...

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The Effects of Access to Credit on Productivity: Separating Technological Changes from Changes in Technical Efficiency

Jimi, Nusrat Abedin; Nikolov, Plamen; Malek, Mohammad Abdul - 2019

) and technical efficiency changes. We found that relative to the baseline rice output per decimal, access to credit … total effect into the frontier shift and efficiency improvement, we found that, on average, around 11 percent of the … improvements in technical efficiency. The efficiency gain was higher for modern hybrid rice varieties, and almost zero for …

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Has the Paycheck Protection Program Succeeded?

Hubbard, Glenn; Strain, Michael R. - 2020

Enacted March 27, 2020, the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was the most ambitious and creative fiscal policy response to the Pandemic Recession in the United States. PPP offers forgivable loans — essentially grants — to businesses with 500 or fewer employees that meet certain...

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The Effects of Cash for Clunkers on Local Air Quality

Helm, Ines; Koch, Nicolas; Rohlf, Alexander - 2023

We study the effects of a large car scrappage scheme in Germany on new car purchases and local air quality by combining vehicle registration data with data on local air pollutant emissions. For identification we exploit cross-sectional variation across districts in the number of cars eligible...

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Is a Flat Tax Feasible in a Grown-up Welfare State?

Fuest, Clemens; Peichl, Andreas; Schaefer, Thilo - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

reforms on equity and efficiency for thecase of Germany... …

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Creating jobs through public subsidies: an empirical analysis

Girma, Sourafel; Görg, Holger; Strobl, Eric; Walsh, … - 2007

This paper analyses the impact of government grants on labour demand using plant level data for manufacturing industry in Ireland. Our data consists of a large sample of plants and their complete grant history. We provide evidence that additional employment is created over and above the level...

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Firms, Industries, and Unemployment Insurance: An Analysis Using Employer-Employee Data

Corak, Miles; Chen, Wen-Hao - 2003

fraction of variation in them can be attributed to firm effects. Calculations of overall efficiency loss are very sensitive to …

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Is a Flat Tax Feasible in a Grown-up Welfare State?

Fuest, Clemens; Peichl, Andreas; Schaefer, Thilo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

reforms on equity and efficiency for the case of Germany. We find that a flat rate tax with a low tax rate and a low basic … allowance. But in this case the efficiency gains vanish. We conclude that, due to their limited efficiency effects and their …

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Growing Together: Assessing Equity and Efficiency in an Early-Life Health Program in Chile

Clarke, Damian; Cortés Méndez, Gustavo; Vergara … - 2018

outcomes at birth. We consider both the equity and efficiency implications of program impacts, and provide a metric to compare …

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