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In this paper I analyse a probabilistic voting model where political candidates choose a direct taxation policy to maximise the probability of winning elections. Society is divided into groups which have di¤erent preferences for consumption of leisure or, in other words, are di¤erently...
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distribution have contributed to the increase in welfare beyond the observed increase in per capita income. …
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favour the most in‡uencing social group. As a consequence, effective marginal tax rates are differentiated amongst social …
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Abstract German (English abstract is added below) Arbeitslosigkeit gilt als eines der schwerwiegendsten gesellschaftlichen Probleme unserer Zeit. Doch welche Gründe liegen, trotz der über die Jahre eingeleiteten Maßnahmen zur Bekämpfung der Arbeitslosigkeit, für die anhaltende...
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We shed some light on fairness preferences regarding tax evasion. Individuals perceive income inequality which they are ….g. productivity or wage rate). This affects the incentives to hide income from tax authorities and supply labor. We set up a model … conditions for which individuals respond with lower or higher unreported income and work effort when fair tax evasion is …
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This empirical note reformulates a model for testing the hypothesis that migration of the poor and welfare levels are …
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A comparison of the 2007-08 crisis with that of 1929 showed its extreme gravity, but it also may have implied that the old harmful mistakes would not be repeated. After four years, the crisis has not been solved and it even threatens to worsen. Neo-conservative Republicans claim that this is...
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income inequality in LDCs, thus complicating the policy planning process. Our paper aims at analyzing the likely welfare and … income inequalities, to conclude on welfare and inequalities effects of food price movements. …
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we suggest that bidimensional social welfare perspectives may contribute very well to policy implications intending to … have a better household welfare criterion. Second, using a developed version of Gini bidimensional decomposition, we find …
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When estimating regional inequality, many economists use inequality indices weighted by the regions' shares in the national population. Although this approach is widespread, its adequacy has not received attention in the regional science literature. This paper proves that such approach is...
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