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A theory of the informal sector
Azuma, Yoshiaki; Grossman, Herschel I. - 2002
In many countries, especially poor countries, a heavy burden of taxes, bribes, and bureaucratic hassles drives many producers into the informal sector. Is this situation explicable only as a consequence of either the ignorance or the ineptitude of the state authorities? On the contrary this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318889
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Provision of public goods in a federalist country: Tiebout competition, fiscal equalization, and incentives for efficiency in Switzerland
Widmer, Philippe; Zweifel, Peter - 2008
(administration, public safety, education, culture and sport, health, transportation, environment and spatial planning, and public …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010315507
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Efficient Fiscal Spending by Supranational Unions
Simon, Jenny; Valasek, Justin M. - 2013
We study fiscal spending by supranational unions, where participation is voluntary and countries bargain over contributions to and the allocation of a central budget. We establish and explore the link between the budget's allocation and nations' contributions that occurs since bargaining power...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013370100
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Mandatory versus discretionary spending: The status quo effect
Bowen, T. Renee; Chen, Ying; Eraslan, Hülya - 2012
Do mandatory spending programs such as Medicare improve efficiency? We analyze a model with two parties allocating a fixed budget to a public good and private transfers each period over an infinite horizon. We compare two institutions that differ in whether public good spending is discretionary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010397775
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Mandatory Versus Discretionary Spending: The Status Quo Effect
Bowen, T. Renee; Chen, Ying; Eraslan, Hülya - 2012
Do mandatory spending programs such as Medicare improve efficiency? We analyze a model with two parties allocating a fixed budget to a public good and private transfers each period over an infinite horizon. We compare two institutions that differ in whether public good spending is discretionary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010500227
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When are preferences consistent? The effects of task familiarity and contextual cues on revealed and stated preferences
Schläpfer, Felix; Fischhoff, Baruch - 2010
Traditionally, economists make a sharp distinction between stated and revealed preferences, viewing the latter as more fully meeting the assumptions of economic analysis. Here, we consider one form of empirical evidence regarding this belief: the consistency of choices in stated and revealed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010315548
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Competitive politics, simplified heuristics, and preferences for public goods
Schläpfer, Felix; Schmitt, Marcel; Roschewitz, Anna - 2007
This paper examines the role of simplified heuristics in the formation of preferences for public goods. Political scientists have suggested that voters use simplified heuristics based on the positions of familiar parties to infer how a proposed policy will affect them and to cast a vote in line...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010315585
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An analysis of the Swiss vote on the use of genetically modified crops
Schläpfer, Felix - 2007
of the state in the economy. Perceived consequences of the use of GM plants for health, natural diversity of plants and … automatically decrease with higher levels of education/knowledge and generational change. Furthermore, the analysis of the voter …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010315609
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The provision point mechanism with reward money
Zubrickas, Robertas - 2013
We introduce reward money into the provision point mechanism with refunds. Reward money is distributed among the contributors in proportion to their contributions only when the provision point is not reached. In environments without aggregate uncertainty, the provision point is always reached in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010316819
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Nonlinearities and the Determinants of Inequality: New Panel Evidence
Gravina, Antonio Francesco; Lanzafame, Matteo - 2020
-curve empirical framework to investigate how financial development, globalisation and technology affect income inequality. Our … economies are mixed, technology and financial development lead to increasing inequality for most emerging economies. Hence … exert opposite effects in different countries. Globalisation is associated to increasing inequality in most advanced …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419723