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Kommentar zum Entwurf eines Gesetzes zur Intensivierung der Bekämpfung der Schwarzarbeit und damit zusammenhängender Steuerhinterziehung
Gebauer, Andrea - In: ifo Schnelldienst 57 (2004) 09, pp. 10-17
Das Volumen der Schattenwirtschaft, also insbesondere von Schwarzarbeit und illegaler Beschäftigung, ist in Deutschland … durch Schwarzarbeit auch zu Wettbewerbsverschärfungen, die legal arbeitende Unternehmen in Schwierigkeiten bringen können … Intensivierung der Bekämpfung der Schwarzarbeit und damit zusammenhängender Steuerhinterziehung zu begrüßen. Er zielt darauf ab, das …
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Tax evasion, minimum wage non-compliance and informality
Basu, Arnab K.; Chau, Nancy; Siddique, Zahra - 2011
We study the impact of tax and minimum wage reforms on the incidence of informality. To gauge the incidence of informality, we use measures of the extent of tax evasion, the extent of minimum wage non-compliance, and the size of the informal workforce. Our approach allows us to examine (i) the...
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Explaining institutional change: Why elected politicians implement direct democracy
Hugh-Jones, David - 2008
In existing models of direct democratic institutions, the median voter benefits, but representative politicians are harmed since their policy choices can be overridden. This is a puzzle, since representative politicians were instrumental in creating these institutions. I build a model of direct...
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Knowledge and economic progress: The role of social technologies
Eggertson, Thráinn - 2008
I focus on the independent role of social innovation in economic progress. Modern theory of economic growth and development emphasizes endowments, power, incentives, and physical technology, paying scant attention to knowledge of social systems as a scarce resource. I reverse these procedures by...
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Transnational trafficking, law enforcement and victim protection: A middleman trafficker's perspective
Akee, Randall K. Q.; Bedi, Arjun S.; Basu, Arnab K.; … - 2011
We explore three hitherto poorly understood characteristics of the human trafficking market - the cross-border ease of mobility of traffickers, the relative bargaining strength of traffickers and final buyers, and the elasticity of buyers' demand. In a model of two-way bargaining, the exact...
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Gasoline content regulation and compliance among US refineries
Chakravorty, Ujjayant; Nauges, Céline; Thille, Henry - 2012
The US refining industry is a leading producer of sulfur oxide and nitrogen oxide emissions. As a result of the Clean Air Act, it has been subject to a host of environmental regulations that prescribe the production processes firms can employ and limits their emissions based on the permits they...
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Notification and transparency issues in the WTO and the US' November 2018 communication
Kwa, Aileen; Lunenborg, Peter - 2019
Various WTO Members submitted a Communication to the WTO in November 2018 which, if accepted, would affect the implementation of Members' transparency and notification obligations at the WTO. It would strengthen the already burdensome notification obligations and introduce new punitive...
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Comparing the value revelance of R&D reporting in Germany: standard and selection effects
Ramb, Fred; Reitzig, Markus - 2005
On the basis of accounting and market data for firms and groups listed on German stock exchanges between 1997 and 2003, we show that the value relevance of R&D information under German accounting standards can be superior to that provided by US-GAAP and IAS. The results, obtained while...
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Die Zyklik der Profite in der Ernährungswirtschaft: Ein internationaler Vergleich.
Koerner, Julia; Weiss, Christoph R. - 2001
der Profite verschiedener Branchen der Ernährungswirtschaft in Deutschland, den USA sowie den Niederlanden. Aus der … prozyklische Schwankungen der Profite in Deutschland in hochkonzentrierten Branchen, während das Ausmaß der Schwankungen in … Branchen mit niedriger Konzentration in Deutschland sowie in sämtlichen Branchen der USA gering ist. Die Beobachtungen für …
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Productivity, investment in ICT and market experimentation: micro evidence from Germany und the US
Haltiwanger, John; Jarmin, Ron; Schank, Thorsten - 2003
productivity, the skill mix of the workforce and wages using micro data for the U.S. and Germany. We find support to the idea that … of adopting new technology on productivity and wages is greater the in U.S. than in Germany. … Kenngrößen wie der Produktivität, der Qualifikationsstruktur und den Löhnen, wobei Mikrodaten für die USA und Deutschland …
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