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On inequality tax evasion and progressive taxes

Lahiri, Radhika; Phoon, Mark - 2010

This paper proposes a simple variation of the Allingham and Sandmo (1972) construct and integrates it to a dynamic general equilibrium framework with heterogeneous agents. We study an overlapping generations framework i n which agents must initially decide whether to evade taxes or not. In the...

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PATTERNS AND DETERMINANTS OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE COSTS IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY

Olper, Alessandro; Raimondi, Valentina - 2007

Replaced with revised version of paper 07/16/07.

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THE MYSTERY OF MONOGAMY

Gould, Eric D.; Moav, Omer; Simhon, Avi - 2003

polygyny (multiple wives). Wealth inequality naturally produces multiple wives for rich men in a standard model of the marriage … market. This paper argues that the sources of inequality, not just the level of inequality, determine the equilibrium degree … of monogamy or polygamy. In particular, when inequality is determined more by disparities in human capital versus non …

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Join the Leader, Imitate or Follow: Evolutionary Stable Strategies in the Commons

Schott, Stephan - 2010

"We develop an evolutionary game theory model for a limited access common pool resource. With full disclosure of individual extraction decisions and payoffs we conjecture that subjects will imitate the most successful players’ strategy as long as their payoffs increase. We derive a stable...

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Rethinking Local Commons Dilemmas: Lessons from Experimental Economics in the Field

Cardenas, Juan Camilo - 2002

"In particular, the academic debate over the best prediction about the behavior of people that use a common-pool resource (CPR), and the recommended policy approaches to the CPR dilemma have undergone a very interesting evolution throughout the last 3 decades of the pastcentury, since the...

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Representation and Reward in High Technology Industries and Occupations: The Influence of Race and Ethnicity

Gatchair, Sonia Denise - 2007

This study examined whether the demand for more educated science and engineering workers outweighed longstanding practices of discrimination in hiring in high technology industries and science and engineering occupations. The study focused on the effects of education on the distribution of...

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Technology adoption and inequality

Faissol, Daniel Mello - 2008

human capital inequality and technology adoption decisions. …

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Beyond Oaxaca-Blinder: Accounting for Differences in Household Income Distributions Across Countries

Bourguignon, François; Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; … - 2002

functionals of two income distributions (such as inequality or poverty measures) into shares due to differences in the structure … those of the United States and Mexico, and find that most of Brazil's excess income inequality is due to underlying …

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Incomplete information games of conflict and collective action

Shadmehr, Mehdi - 2011

between the magnitude of grievances (formulated here as the extent of inequality) and the likelihood of repression. The main … likelihood of repression might decrease. I investigate the relationship between inequality and the likelihood of repression in … generalized additive model with thin-plate splines (GAM-TPS). This technique allows for flexible relationship between inequality …

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Essays on poverty reduction in Latin America

de Azevedo, Viviane Martins Rodrigues - 2010

issues fromaccess to education and health services, consumption patterns, to the impact on poverty,inequality, and labor …

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