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Myth and Reality of Flat Tax Reform: Micro Estimates of Tax Evasion Response and Welfare Effects in Russia
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Martinez-Vazquez, Jorge; Peter, … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008
Using micro-level data, we examine the effects of Russia's 2001 flat rate income tax reform on consumption, income, and tax evasion. We use the gap between household expenditures and reported earnings as a proxy for tax evasion with data from a household panel for 1998-2004. Utilizing...
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Provincial and Local Governments in China: Fiscal Institutions and Government Behavior
Gordon, Roger H.; Li, Wei - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
What are the incentives faced by local officials in China? Without democratic institutions, there is no mechanism for local residents to exercise "voice". Given the hukou registration system, local residents have little opportunity to threaten "exit" if they are unhappy with local taxes and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008805812
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Does Decentralization Facilitate Access to Poverty-Related Services? Evidence from Benin
Caldeira, Emilie; Foucault, Martial; Rota-Graziosi, … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
We study the effect of decentralization on the access to some poverty-related public services in Benin. Compiling panel data from local governments' accounts and from surveys on 18,000 Beninese households performed in 2006 and 2007, our study suggests that decentralization has a positive overall...
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Cultures of Corruption: Evidence From Diplomatic Parking Tickets
Miguel, Edward Andrew; Fisman, Raymond - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006
Corruption is believed to be a major factor impeding economic development, but the importance of legal enforcement … versus cultural norms in controlling corruption is poorly understood. To disentangle these two factors, we exploit a natural … generates a revealed preference measure of government officials' corruption based on real-world behavior taking place in the …
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Commercial Policy in a Predatory World
Anderson, James - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006
Mutual causation of predation and trade induces novel effects of commercial policy in this paper. The model can explain trade volume responses to market widening initiatives that are otherwise puzzlingly 'too big' or 'too small'. Efficient commercial policy (broadly defined) depends crucially on...
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Modest, Secure and Informed: Successful Development in Conflict Zones
Berman, Eli; Felter, Joseph; Shapiro, Jacob N.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
Most interpretations of prevalent counterinsurgency theory imply that increasing government services will reduce rebel violence. Empirically, however, development programs and economic activity sometimes yield increased violence. Using new panel data on development spending in Iraq, we show that...
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Incentives and Outcomes: China's Environmental Policy
Deng, Yongheng; Morck, Randall; Wu, Jing; Huang, Jun; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
In generating fast economic growth, China is also generating growing concern about its environmental record. Using 2000-2009 data, we find that, while spending on environmental infrastructure has visible positive environmental impact, city spending is strongly tilted towards transportation...
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The Economics of China: Successes and Challenges
Wei, Shang-Jin; Zhang, Xiaobo; Fan, Shenggen; Kanbur, Ravi - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
This paper is the first chapter in the Oxford Companion to the Economics of China (Oxford University Press, forthcoming). Rather than trying to summarize other contributors' views, we provide our own perspectives on the Economics of China--the past experience and the future prospects. Our...
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Growth, Reform Indicators and Policy Complementaries
Braga de Macedo, Jorge A.; Oliveira Martins, Joaquim - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006
This paper discusses the design of structural policies by relating second-best results and the complementarity of reforms. It computes a complementarity index based on structural reform indicators compiled by the EBRD for transition countries, assuming that the run-up to EU integration...
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Capitalizing China
Morck, Randall; Fan, Joseph; Yeung, Bernard - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
Despite a vast accumulation of private capital, China is not embracing capitalism. Deceptively familiar capitalist features disguise the profoundly unfamiliar foundations of "market socialism with Chinese characteristics." The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), by controlling the career advancement...
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