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Environmental policy and capital movements : the role of government commitment
Marsiliani, Laura; Renström, Thomas I. - 2003
the effects of two different constitutions (commitment or no commitment in tax policy), as well as income inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011589500
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Environmental Policy and Capital Movements : The Role of Government Commitment
Marsiliani, Laura; Renstrom, Thomas I. - 2003
the effects of two different constitutions (commitment or no commitment in tax policy), as well as income inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014031160
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Education policies and taxation without commitment
Findeisen, Sebastian; Sachs, Dominik - 2014 - This version: May 27, 2014
We study the implications of limited commitment on education and tax policies chosen by benevolent governments. Individual wages are determined by both innate abilities and education levels. Consistent with real world practices, the government can decide to subsidize different levels of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011490537
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Anatomy of policy complementarities
Orszag, Jonathan Michael; Snower, Dennis J. - 1999
The analysis provides a new explanation for two widespread problems concerning European unemployment policy: the disappointingly small effect of many past reform measures on unemployment, and the political difficulties in implementing more extensive reform programs. We argue that the heart of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011295418
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Chapter 10 Taxation
Kaplow, Louis - In: Handbook of law and economics : volume 1, (pp. 647-755). 2007
This Handbook entry presents a conceptual, normative overview of the subject of taxation. It emphasizes the relationships among the main functions of taxation—notably, raising revenue, redistributing income, and correcting externalities—and the mapping between these functions and various...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014023506
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A political economy and voicing model of the institutional impact of brain drain, human capital, inequality and country size
Docquier, Frédéric; Schiff, Maurice W. - 2021
Brain drain BD, human capital h, and inequality's institutional impact is examined in a model where a rent …-shaped function of h, with minimum at 0 < h1 < 1; iii) the likelihood that Q improves with BD falls with international inequality; iv …) the likelihood that Q improves with h falls with domestic inequality; v) the likelihood Q improves with h falls (rises …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012548126
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A political economy and voicing model of the institutional impact of brain drain, human capital, inequality and country size
Docquier, Frédéric; Schiff, Maurice W. - 2021
Brain drain BD, human capital h, and inequality's institutional impact is examined in a model where a rent …-shaped function of h, with minimum at 0 < h1 < 1; iii) the likelihood that Q improves with BD falls with international inequality; iv …) the likelihood that Q improves with h falls with domestic inequality; v) the likelihood Q improves with h falls (rises …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550218
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Globalization and human capital formation
Andersson, Fredrik; Konrad, Kai A. - 2001
This paper compares education investment in closed and open economies without government and with a benevolent government. The fact that the time consistency problem in taxation can make labor mobility beneficial even if governments are fully benevolent - which is known from other contexts - is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011339674
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Privacy, time consistent optimal labor income taxation and education policy
Konrad, Kai A. - 1999
Incomplete information is a commitment device for time consistency problems. In the context of time consistent labor income taxation privacy can lead to a Pareto superior outcome and increases the effectiveness of public education as a second best policy.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011316909
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Privacy, Time Consistent Optimal Labor Income Taxation and Education Policy
Konrad, Kai A. - 2011
Incomplete information is a commitment device for time consistency problems. In the context of time consistent labor income taxation privacy can lead to a Pareto superior outcome and increases the effectiveness of public education as a second best policy
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014163655