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Institutions Rule : The Primacy of Institutions over Geography and Integration in Economic Development

Rodrik, Dani - 2002

We estimate the respective contributions of institutions, geography, and trade in determining income levels around the world, using recently developed instruments for institutions and trade. Our results indicate that the quality of institutions trumps' everything else. Once institutions are...

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Law, Endowment, and Finance

Beck, Thorsten - 2002

This paper assesses two theories regarding the historical determinants of international differences in financial development. The law and finance theory holds that legal traditions differ in terms of the priority they attach to protecting the rights of private investors vis-a-vis the State and...

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Coal and the European Industrial Revolution

Fernihough, Alan - 2014

We examine the importance of geographical proximity to coal as a factor underpinning comparative European economic development during the Industrial Revolution. Our analysis exploits geographical variation in city and coalfield locations, alongside temporal variation in the availability of...

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Site Selection Bias in Program Evaluation

Allcott, Hunt - 2012

"Site selection bias" can occur when the probability that a program is adopted or evaluated is correlated with its impacts. I test for site selection bias in the context of the Opower energy conservation programs, using 111 randomized control trials involving 8.6 million households across the...

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New Evidence on Teacher Labor Supply

Engel, Mimi - 2011

school in the expected direction. Interestingly, the geographic location of the school is an extremely strong predictor of …

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The Geography of Unemployment

Bilal, Adrien - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

for the respective contributions of job losing and job finding rates. Employers' inefficient location choices amplify …

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Intangible Assets, Corporate Taxes and the Relocation of Pharmaceutical Establishments : The case of Puerto Rico

Feliciano, Zadia Maria; Chen, Meng-ting - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

Puerto Rico operated as a tax haven under U.S. Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 936. Firms in the pharmaceutical industry accounted for approximately 50% of tax credits awarded and 20% of employment under the program. The U.S. Congress eliminated the tax exemption program in 2006, creating a...

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New Results on the Effects of Tax Policy on the International Location of Investment

Boskin, Michael J. - 1986

international location of investment. FDI in the U.S. is very sensitive to after-tax rates-of-return available here. U.S. direct … changes on the international location of investment. We estimate that the tax changes lowered annual DIA by $0.5 billion to $1 … the international location of investment are important. Tax policies, such as ACRS andthe ITC, which raise the after tax …

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Pricing and Location of Physician Services in Mental Health

Frank, Richard G. - 1984

carefully specified econometric model for a single medical specialty. A general model of pricing and location of physician …

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Taxation and the Location of U.S. Investment Abroad

Frisch, Daniel J. - 1983

Tax policy toward the overseas income of U.S. firms is an important issue since foreign investment accounts for a sizabLe fraction of total investment by U.S. firms. At present there is no consensus on the degree to which U.S. firms respond to tax incentives when making international investment...

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