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INEQUALITY, INSTITUTIONS AND REDISTRIBUTION
Aysan, Ahmet Faruk - 2005
This dissertation explores the role of efficiency of redistributive institutions (ERI)on redistribution. The first substantive essay proposes a theoretical model to explain thelack of strong empirical evidence in favor of a positive relationship between incomeinequality and redistribution. This...
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Human Capital and Optimal Policy under Risk and Credit Constraints
Yang, Hongyan - 2010
Die vorliegende Dissertation besteht aus fünf unabhängigen Forschungspapieren über optimale Steuer- und Bildungspolitik …This dissertation consists of five self-contained research papers on optimal tax and education policy with endogenous … to work. Education subsidies (taxes) are only targeted at off-setting the labor tax distortion by encouraging educational …
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Essays on Systems Competition with Human Capital Mobility
Lange, Thomas - 2010
general introduction and some concluding remarks. The first essay deals with decentralized public education and human capital … education when national entities independently decide on educational expenditures to maximize local output. This well …-resident tuition fees in a host country of higher education. Students with rational expectations consider a potential return migration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009471822
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Bildungspolitik und Systemtransformation in Zentraleuropa
Slodowicz, Jan - 2005
Es wird untersucht, auf welche Weise die Länder Litauen, Polen und Ungarn ihre Bildungssysteme vor dem Hintergrund der politischen und ökonomischen Transformation reformiert haben. Hierbei wird auf die unterschiedlichen Ausgangssituationen und Ziele eingegangen und untersucht, ob die gesetzten...
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Costly Voting: Theoretical and Experimental Results on Commons Dilemmas in Spatial Committee Games
Wilson, Rick K.; Herzberg, Roberta; Elliott, Mark - 1993
"Our focus in this paper is with the transaction costs inherent in most decision making settings. We specifically investigate an "institution free" collective choice mechanism that includes costs to calling votes. A set of models show that under low costs (i.e., where no cost-induced equilibrium...
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Workshop on Excellence Empowered by aDiverse Academic Workforce: AchievingRacial & Ethnic Equity in Chemistry
Hassan. B. Ali - 2011
through the undergraduate programs of an education that is enriched by the intellectual and cognitive diversity that is …
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Essays on environmental and natural resource economics
Williams, Roberton C. (contributor) - 2010
In the first essay, I assess the effect of indoor air quality (IAQ) in school buildings on student test performance and attendance rates. Results indicate that performance on standardized tests significantly improves while attendance rates are unresponsive to improvements in IAQ. The improvement...
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The Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence: Rewarding World-Class Practices
Chakravorty, Satya S.; Atwater, J. Bryan; Herbert, James I. - 2008
Established in 1988, the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence recognises organisations in the USA, Mexico and Canada …
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Determinants of the Relations between Transitory Earnings and CEO Cash Compensation in the USA
Asthana, Sharad; Ye, Zhongxia Shelly - 2007
effect). This study has practical implications for regulators, corporations and investors, both in the USA and abroad. …
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