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Tax Policy and Present-Biased Preferences: Paternalism under International Capital Mobility
Aronsson, Thomas; Sjögren, Tomas - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2011
This paper deals with tax-policy responses to quasi-hyperbolic discounting. Earlier research on optimal paternalism typically abstracts from capital mobility. If capital is mobile between countries, it may no longer be possible for national governments to control domestic savings via capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818892
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Dynamique de la pauvreté urbaine au Pérou et à Madagascar 1997-1999: une analyse sur données de panel
Herrera, Javier; Roubaud, François - DIAL - 2003
(english) Because of the lack of panel data there have been few studies on poverty dynamics in developing countries … objective is to identify the general and specific characteristics of chronic and transient poverty. We measure the importance of … poverty transitions, as well as the characteristics of the temporarily and the chronically poor, with respect to those of non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005196384
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Urban Poverty Dynamics in Peru and Madagascar, 1997-99: A Panel Data Analysis
Herrera, Javier; Roubaud, François - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2005
Despite the increasing awareness concerning the importance of distinguishing chronic and transient poverty for policy … making, cross-country comparative studies of poverty dynamics in developing countries are virtually non-existent. The small … differences among them. Crucial questions are still unanswered. Are the factors associated with chronic poverty and vulnerability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010707612
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Optimal Policy with Heterogeneous Preferences
Kaplow, Louis - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008
Optimal policy rules--including those regarding income taxation, commodity taxation, public goods, and externalities--are typically derived in models with homogeneous preferences. This article reconsiders many central results for the case in which preferences for commodities, public goods, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005084879
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Optimal Control of Externalities in the Presence of Income Taxation
Kaplow, Louis - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006
A substantial literature examines second-best environmental policy, focusing particularly on how the Pigouvian directive that marginal taxes should equal marginal external harms needs to be modified in light of the preexisting distortion due to labor income taxation. Additional literature is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005575754
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Governance, Democracy and Poverty Reduction: Lessons drawn from household surveys in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America
Herrera, Javier; Razafindrakoto, Mireille; Roubaud, … - DIAL - 2005
Multiple Dimensions of Poverty have been appended to household surveys by National Statistics Institutes in twelve African and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005094513
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Are poor neighbourhoods opposed to democracy? The case of Antananarivo, Madagascar
Roubaud, François; Wachsberger, Jean-Michel - DIAL - 2007
The citizens of Madagascar, and especially the capital Antananarivo, display marked support for democracy : adoption of its principles, rejection of authoritarian regimes, etc. The poor populations are no different from the other social groups in this respect. Nevertheless, living in a poor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005094517
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Are poor neighbourhoods opposed to democracy? The case of Antananarivo, Madagascar
Roubaud, François; Wachsberger, Jean-Michel - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2007
The citizens of Madagascar, and especially the capital Antananarivo, display marked support for democracy: adoption of its principles, rejection of authoritarian regimes, etc. The poor populations are no different from the other social groups in this respect. Nevertheless, living in a poor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010707919
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The informal sector and poverty in Africa – measurement instruments, analyses, and economic policies
Balepa, Martin; Roubaud, François - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010708776
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Gouvernance, démocratie et lutte contre la pauvreté : enseignements tirés des enquêtes auprès des ménages en Afrique sub-saharienne et en Amérique latine
Roubaud, François; Razafindrakoto, Mireille; Herrera, … - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX)
Dimensions of Poverty have been appended to household surveys by National Statistics Institutes in twelve African and Latin …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071859