This paper displays an analysis of geopolitical organizations within the framework proposed by Alesina and Spolaore (1997), where heterogeneity concerns the geographical space. This model adds heterogeneity in terms of income. Main results of the paper: (i) in the normative equilibrium (social...

This working paper: (i) provides an overview of global, regional and national income inequalities based on the latest distribution data from the World Bank, UNU-WIDER and Eurostat; (ii) discusses the negative implications of rising income inequality for development; (iii) calls for placing...

This paper aims to understand why and by how much perceptions of social ranking differ from objective rankings based on self-reported income. It focuses on the middle class because persons of all income levels show a strong bias towards identifying themselves as middle class. Using a rich...

The paper seeks to integrate the theoretical developments in the field of imperfect competition and monopoly, and operation of the firm in such conditions, with the theories of income distribution, particularly among the macroeconomic aggregates of capital and labor. And formulating a working...

The paper uses the 1992 household survey for Bulgaria to show poor revenue performance of the income tax structure prevailing in 1992, which did not take into account the underlying distribution of income. The paper shows that Bulgaria can benefit from a much lower and simpler income tax rate...

This study measures unfair inequality in Brazil between 1995 and 2009. To achieve that, we used the statistical tool developed by Almås et al. (J Public Econ 95:488–499, <CitationRef CitationID="CR2">2011</CitationRef>) and the concept of “responsibility-sensitive” fairness proposed by Bossert (Math Soc Sci 29:1–17, <CitationRef CitationID="CR11">1995</CitationRef>), Konow...</citationref></citationref>

O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar a evolução da desigualdade injusta brasileira entre os anos de 1995 e 2009 utilizando uma abordagem não- paramétrica na estimação da função de rendimentos. Para tanto, adotou-se uma estratégia empírica baseada em quatro passos- i) empregou-se um...

A debate is raging over the taxation of private equity and hedge fund managers. It is being played out in the headlines, in Congress and among legal scholars. This paper offers a new analysis of the subject. We provide an analytical model that allows us to compare the relative risk-reward...

In this Article, I estimate the tax revenue effects of taxing private equity carried interests as ordinary income rather than as long-term capital gain as under current law. Under reasonable assumptions, I conclude that the expected present value of additional tax collections would be between 1...

Healthcare financing the world over has been of great concern to both developed and developing countries. Thus, policies on how to finance and provide healthcare to an entire nation to include both the formal and informal sectors, rural and urban areas in low-and-middle-income countries is a...