effect of tax-benefit policies. We simulate this effect in the framework of a collective model of labor supply when shifting … from a joint to an individual taxation system in France. We show that the net-of-tax relative earning potential of the wife … sensitivity analysis shows that the collective model would be required if the tax reform was both radical and of extended scope. …

This paper applies the theory of relational contracts to make precise the idea that because households are engaged in a …

Barriers to outsourcing that are being currently implemented in the US effectively tax its companies who export jobs … oligopolistic context. We find that while an outsourcing tax favors domestic workers by causing firms to switch to a greater use of … effects, which inform us about the conditions under which such a tax achieves its stated objective. Next, we consider the …

economic importance of the jack-of-all-trades theory. …

for social custom effects in the determination of union membership. Using panel data for Germany, we find evidence for …