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Family Violence and Football : The Effect of Unexpected Emotional Cues on Violent Behavior

Card, David - 2009

using data on police reports of family violence on Sundays during the professional football season. Controlling for location …

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The Macroeconomics of Border Taxes

Barbiero, Omar - 2018

We analyze the dynamic macroeconomic effects of border adjustment taxes, both when they are a feature of corporate tax reform (C-BAT) and for the case of value added taxes (VAT). Our analysis arrives at the following main conclusions. First, C-BAT is unlikely to be neutral at the macroeconomic...

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Implications of the Covid-19 Pandemic for State Government Tax Revenues

Clemens, Jeffrey P. - 2020

We assess the Covid-19 pandemic's implications for state government sales and income tax revenues. We estimate that the economic declines implied by recent forecasts from the Congressional Budget Office will lead to a shortfall of roughly $106 billion in states' sales and income tax revenues for...

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The Structure of Business Taxation in China

Chen, Zhao; HE, YUXUAN; Liu, Zhikuo; Suárez Serrato, … - 2022

This paper documents facts about the structure of business taxation in China using administrative tax data from 2007 to 2011 from the State Taxation Administration. We first document the importance of different business taxes across industries. While corporate income taxes play an important role...

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The Promise of Beijing : Evaluating the Impact of the 2008 Olympic Games on Air Quality

Chen, Yuyu - 2011

To prepare for the 2008 Olympic Games, China adopted a number of radical measures to improve air quality. Using officially reported air pollution index (API) from 2000 to 2009, we show that these measures improved the API of Beijing during and after the Games, but 60% of the effect faded away by...

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The Olympic Effect

Rose, Andrew Kenan - 2010

Economists are skeptical about the economic benefits of hosting quot;mega-eventsquot; such as the Olympic Games or the World Cup, since such activities have considerable cost and seem to yield few tangible benefits. These doubts are rarely shared by policy-makers and the population, who are...

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Lead Exposure Reduces Academic Performance : Intensity, Duration, and Nutrition Matter

Hollingsworth, Alex; Huang, Mike; Rudik, Ivan; Sanders, … - 2022

We leverage a natural experiment, where a large national automotive racing organization switched from leaded to unleaded fuel, to study how ambient lead exposure and nutrition impact learning in elementary school. This provides quasi-experimental evidence linking measured quantities of lead...

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Who Wins the Olympic Games : Economic Development and Medal Totals

Bernard, Andrew B.; Busse, Meghan R. - 2021

This paper examines determinants of Olympic success at the country level. Does the U.S. win its fair share of Olympic medals? Why does China win 6% of the medals even though it has 1/5 of the world's population? We consider the role of population and economic development in determining medal...

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Taxation and International Migration of Superstars : Evidence from the European Football Market

Kleven, Henrik - 2010

This paper analyzes the effects of top earnings tax rates on the international migration of football players in Europe …. We construct a panel dataset of top earnings tax rates, football player careers, and club performances in the first … number of tax and institutional changes: (a) the 1995 Bosman ruling which liberalized the European football market, (b) top …

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Conflicts of Interest Distort Public Evaluations : Evidence from the Top 25 Ballots of NCAA Football Coaches

Kotchen, Matthew J. - 2011

This paper provides a study on conflicts of interest among college football coaches participating in the USA Today … percent of a coach's football budget, coaches respond with more favorable rankings of half a position, and this effect is more …

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