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Tax Design Insights from the New Zealand Goods and Services Tax (GST) Model

Dickson, Ian L - 2012

The editors of the Mirrlees Review asked us to evaluate the UK VAT and the European Union VAT Directive and compare them to the New Zealand VAT model, which is called GST (Goods and Services Tax). At first sight, this brief might seem strange. After all, the VAT is a European invention that has...

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Heterogeneous convergence

Young, Andrew T.; Higgins, Matthew J.; Levy, Daniel - 2013

We use U.S. county-level data to estimate convergence rates for 22 individual states. We find significant heterogeneity. E.g., the California estimate is 19.9 percent and the New York estimate is 3.3 percent. Convergence rates are essentially uncorrelated with income levels.

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Promiscuous elites and economic development

Brezis, Elise S. - 2012

This paper analyzes the interconnection between elites and its effects on economic growth. For decades, the bureaucratic elite has been joining the business elite after leaving office, and this in growing numbers. This relationship has been termed the revolving door in English, pantouflage in...

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Federal, state, and local governments: Evaluating their separate roles in US growth

Higgins, Matthew J.; Young, Andrew T.; Levy, Daniel - 2008

We use US county level data (3,058 observations) from 1970 to 1998 to explore the relationship between economic growth and the extent of government employment at three levels: federal, state and local. We find that increases in federal, state and local government employments are all negatively...

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ICTs and rural development in India

Singh, Nirvikar - 2006

communication technology (ICT) use for broad-based development and economic growth in India. It will examine the role of …

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Is the elephant stepping on its trunk? The problem of India´s unbalanced growth

Douhan, Robin; Nordberg, Anders - 2007

It is often assumed that recent success in the high-technology software industry will lead India's development. However … development pattern in India. …

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ICTs and rural development in India

Singh, Nirvikar - 2006

communication technology (ICT) use for broad-based development and economic growth in India. It will examine the role of …

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Economic reforms: Policy and institutions some lessons from Indian reforms

Virmani, Arvind - 2004

Economic policy and policy reform over the last few decades has been motivated by the need to accelerate growth or equivalently to reverse a decline in growth rate. The economic literature on the determinants of growth has burgeoned and disagreement has followed consensus on the policy...

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China and India: A Tale of Two Trade Integration Approaches

Kowalski, Przemyslaw - 2008

The comparison of the key features of trade integration processes and the economic outcomes in China and India reveals … of public ownership and important regulatory barriers continue to dominate the services sectors. India has gone a long … still persists which likely adds to the hurdles faced by the Indian manufacturing sector. India has revealed a comparative …

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Emerging through Technological Capability: An Overview of India's Technological Trajectory

Ray, Amit Shovon - 2008

India's emergence in the world economy over the last decade, has often, in popular discourse, been attributed, at least … present an overview of India's technological trajectory with a view to understanding the nuances of India's technological … capability and the role it has played in the process of India's economic progress. Our conclusion is that while India has …

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