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In light of the recently passed 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, we assess the effect of margin changes on prices, the risk-sharing between speculators and hedgers, and the price stability of 20 commodity futures markets. We find that margin increases decrease the rate at which prices change, yet they...
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. The Ramsey planner opts neither to use a capital tax to correct the overaccumulation problem if it is caused solely by … precautionary saving---regardless of the feasibility of public debt---nor use debt (financed by consumption tax) to correct the … overaccumulation problem if it is caused solely by pollution---regardless of the feasibility of a capital tax. The key is that the …
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A large body of research has estimated the effects on tax collection of informing taxpayers of their obligations. This … paper examines the effects on voluntary tax payments of providing taxpayers with information on their obligations that is … evaluate the effectiveness of self-regularization interventions on tax compliance among simplified tax regime firms. We examine …
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What happens when the tax authority increases enforcement in one tax with compliance in other taxes? The very little … spillovers could be positive or negative in the context of uncorrelated taxes for the same individual (a property tax and a self …-declaration tax - in this instance, a gross-sale tax). In the model, the sign of the spillover depends on how taxpayers update their …
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The Prospect Theory proposes to assess outcomes relative to a reference point (or benchmark). Although the literature recognises the relevance of dynamic benchmarks, most of the applications of Prospect Theory employ static reference points (or a status quo). This paper aims to develop a...
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The subprime crisis led to a wave of government interventions in the private sector that has been particularly strong in Europe and Latin America, where several governments are large shareholders in a variety of public firms. In a sense, the subprime crisis induced these governments to behave as...
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The recent crisis was characterized by massive illiquidity. This paper reviews what we know and don't know about illiquidity and all its friends: market freezes, fire sales, contagion, and ultimately insolvencies and bailouts. It first explains why liquidity cannot easily be apprehended through...
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