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The Credibility of Economic Policy Making in Argentina, 1989-2015
Rosenblatt, David - 2016
This paper explores the hypothesis that the credibility of economic policy making in Argentina (or lack thereof) has … economic outcomes over the quarter century is presented, informed by a survey of the literature on credibility and the …, combined with international experience, is then used to consider policy options that could help reestablish credibility during …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012245562
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Communism as the unhappy coming
Djankov, Simeon; Nikolova, Elena - 2018
This paper shows that Eastern Orthodox believers are less happy compared with Catholics and Protestants using data covering more than 100 countries around the world. Consistent with the happiness results, the paper also finds that relative to Catholics, Protestants, and non-believers, those of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011843872
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Designing Accreditation and Verification Systems : A Guide to Ensuring Credibility for Carbon Pricing Instruments
Partnership for Market Readiness - 2019
Carbon pricing instruments (CPIs) involve large legal and financial interests. Trust in the accuracy and integrity of the reported data is therefore a prerequisite for a well-functioning instrument. To ensure accuracy and integrity of data, a robust monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012645945
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Subjective well-being and peaceful uprisings
Hamilton, Kirk; Naikal, Esther; Lange, Glenn-Marie - 2019
This study analyzes whether subjective well-being measures can explain variation in peaceful uprisings, in addition to the objective measures typically used in analyses of this type of events. Using data on uprisings and subjective well-being for 118 countries from 2007 to 2014-a period during...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012004728
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Innovations in tax compliance : conceptual framework
Prichard, Wilson; Custers, Anna; Dom, Roel; Davenport, … - 2019
This paper presents a conceptual framework for developing more effective approaches to tax reform and compliance. The framework proposes that by combining complementary investments in enforcement, facilitation, and trust, reformers can not only strengthen enforced compliance but can also (a)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012121181
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Community engagement in schools : evidence from a field experiment in Pakistan
Asim, Salman; Riaz, Amina - 2020
This paper presents the results of a field experiment in rural Sindh, Pakistan, where half of the school-age children (ages 6-10 years) are out of school. The study tests simple and low-intensity approaches to strengthen engagement of communities with schools: face-to-face dialogue at externally...
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Elite capture of foreign aid : evidence from offshore bank accounts
Andersen, Jørgen Juel; Johannesen, Niels; Rijkers, Bob - 2020
Do elites capture foreign aid? This paper documents that aid disbursements to highly aid-dependent countries coincide with sharp increases in bank deposits in offshore financial centers known for bank secrecy and private wealth management, but not in other financial centers. The estimates are...
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Moral hazard vs. land scarcity : flood management policies for the real world
Avner, Paolo; Hallegatte, Stéphane - 2019
This paper investigates the costs and benefits of three ex ante flood management strategies - risk-based insurance, zoning, and subsidized insurance - in an urban economics framework that takes land scarcity into account. In a theoretical setting and in the absence of market failures, risk-based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012114423
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The State of Economics, the State of the World
Basu, Kaushik - 2016
This paper, based on the introductory remarks made at the two-day conference on "The State of the Economy, the State of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012245758
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The Pulse of Public Opinion : Using Twitter Data to Analyze Public Perception of Reform in El Salvador
Seabold, Skipper - 2015
This study uses Twitter data to provide a more nuanced understanding of the public reaction to the 2011 reform to the propane gas subsidy in El Salvador. By soliciting a small sample of manually tagged tweets, the study identifies the subject matter and sentiment of all tweets during six...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012245898