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Globalization and developing countries - a shrinking tax base?
Aizenman, Joshua; Jinjarak, Yothin - 2006
This paper evaluates the impact of globalization on tax bases of countries at varying stages of development. We see … globalization as a process that induces countries to embrace greater trade and financial integration. This in turn should shift …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322726
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Globalization and migration: A "unified brain drain" model
Brezis, Elise S.; Soueri, Ariel - 2012
Globalization has led to a vast flow of migration of workers but also of students. The purpose of this paper is to … part, this paper addresses international flows of migration within the EU and presents strong evidence of concentration of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010336067
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Low-Wage Import Competition, Inflationary Pressure, and Industry Dynamics in Europe
Auer, Raphael; Degen, Kathrin; Fischer, Andreas M. - 2011
What is the impact of import competition from low-wage countries (LWCs) on inflationary pressure in Europe? This paper examines whether labor-intensive exports from emerging Europe, Asia, and other global regions have a uniform impact on producer prices in Germany, France, Italy, Sweden, and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430088
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Does globalization create superstars?
Gersbach, Hans; Schmutzler, Armin - 2007
To examine the impact of globalization on managerial compensation, we consider a matching model where a number of firms … compete both in the product market and in the managerial market. We show that globalization, i.e. the simultaneous integration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010315582
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Globalization and developing countries - a shrinking tax base?
Aizenman, Joshua; Jinjarak, Yothin - 2006
This paper evaluates the impact of globalization on the tax bases of countries at varying stages of development. We see … globalization as a process that induces countries to embrace greater trade and financial integration, and macro stabilization. This …" taxes. We confirm the robustness of the main results to IV methodology, where trade globalization is inferred from applying …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285297
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International trade, factor mobility and the persistence of cultural-institutional diversity
Belloc, Marianna; Bowles, Samuel - 2009
Cultural and institutional differences among nations may result in differences in the ratios of marginal costs of goods in autarchy and thus be the basis of specialization and comparative advantage, as long as these differences are not eliminated by trade. We provide an evolutionary model of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287852
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The financial crisis of 2008 in fixed income markets
Dwyer, Gerald P.; Tkac, Paula - 2009
We explore how a relatively small amount of heterogeneous securities created turmoil in financial markets in much of the world in 2007 and 2008. The drivers of the financial turmoil and the financial crisis of 2008 were heterogeneous securities that were hard to value. These securities created...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292330
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Optimal Taxation, Global Externalities and Labor Mobility
Aronsson, Thomas; Blomquist, Sören - 2000
This paper addresses transboundary environmental problems in the context of an optimal tax problem, when part of the labor force is mobile across countries. The policy instruments include both commodity taxation and nonlinear income taxation. We show how the tax policy in a noncooperative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321752
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Getting it Right: What to Reform in International Financial Markets
Hausmann, Ricardo; Fernández-Arias, Eduardo - 2000
Our review of the main proposals on international financial architecture currently under consideration gives reasons … impact. Sustainable development requires initiatives addressing the failures of international financial markets that make …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010327171
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Tax on large fortunes: The recent international debate and the situation in Brazil
de Carvalho Junior, Pedro Humberto Bruno; Passos, Luana - 2018
Many discussions have taken place in Brazil about legislation pertaining to subparagraph VII of article 153 of the 1988 Federal Constitution-the regulation, through a Complementary Law, of the Tax on Large Fortunes (Imposto sobre Grandes Fortunas-IGF). In the current scenario, with the country...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012030392