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Una aproximación a indicadores diseñados para la medición de impacto en el bienestar del consumidor
Saavedra, Herrera; Pablo, Juan; Lis-Gutiérrez, Jenny-Paola - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper presents some theoretical foundations underlying the welfare analysis that can be established in order to quantify the impact on consumers, when an agent violates the rights of purchaser and such behavior is reflected in a price increase. This exercise allows us to conclude that if it...
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A formula for the optimal taxation in Probabilistic Voting Models characterized by Single Mindedness
Canegrati, Emanuele - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
This work intends to specify a formula for the optimal taxation in Probabilistic Voting Models with Single Mindedness Theory. The goal is to find an equivalent expression to the Ramsey’s rule for a political economy environment where Governments are assumed to be Leviathans rather than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789305
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The single-mindedness of labor unions when transfers are not Lump-Sum
canegrati, emanuele - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
In this paper I analyse a labour market where the wage is endogenously determined according to an Efficient Bargaining process between a firm and a labour union whose members are partitioned into two social groups: the old and the young. Furthermore, I exploit the Single-Mindedness theory, which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789327
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A Single-Mindedness model with n generations
Emanuele, Canegrati - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
In this paper I will analyse the redistribution of income amongst n generations using the Single-mindedness Theory. I will introduce a new expression for the balanced-budget constraint, no longer based on lump- sum transfers as in the traditional literature, but rather on more realistic labour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835397
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Is the Welfare State Sustainable? Experimental Evidence on Citizens' Preferences for Redistribution
Neustadt, Ilja; Zweifel, Peter - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
that government should reduce income inequality exhibit a negative WTP on average. The major finding is that estimated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008622243
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Efectos heterogéneos en la demanda ante un impuesto al refresco en México
Cahuana-Hurtado, Lucero; Sosa-Rubí, Sandra; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The increasing burden of obesity and related non-communicable diseases in the world has encouraged the design of effective policies in order to contain this trend. Excise taxes on low-nutritious food and sugar-sweetened beverages consumption, such as soft-drinks, have been proposed. Currently, a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011123513
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Trends and Patterns in Consumption Expenditure: A Review of Class and Rural-Urban Disparities
Roy, Satyaki - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper primarily aims to capture the changing patterns of consumption expenditure of three broad classes, namely, the ‘upper’ ‘middle’ and ‘bottom’ classes in the rural and urban India. In contrast to what is generally held that differences in consumption of necessaries across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009418507
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In the mood for redistribution. An empirical analysis of individual preferences for redistribution in Italy
Gaeta, Giuseppe Lucio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Over the past few years a large body of literature has studied the determinants of individual preferences for income equality and redistributive policies. In this paper, using data from the World Values Survey (WVS), we specifically focus on the preferences expressed by Italians and analyse...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009151609
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The poverty and inequality nexus in Ghana: a decomposition analysis of household expenditure components
Novignon, Jacob; Nonvignon, Justice; Mussa, Richard - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
The study examined the linkages between inequality in household expenditure components and total inequality and poverty …, reducing within-component inequality significantly reduces overall poverty and inequality in Ghana, compared to between …-component inequality. Specifically, inequality in education and health expenditure components were the largest contributors to overall …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011252595
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Trust in government and its effect on preferences for income redistribution and perceived tax burden
Yamamura, Eiji - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper explores how a trust in government shared by neighbors is associated with individual preferences for income redistribution and individual perceptions regarding income tax burden. Three measures for trust in government are used: “trust in ministries and government agencies”,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258693