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We include initial holdings in the jungle economy of Piccione and Rubinstein (Economic Journal, 2007) in which the unique equilibrium satisfies lexicographic welfare maximization. When we relax assumptions on consumption sets and preferences slightly, equilibria other than lexicographic welfare...
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Collective consumption decisions taken by the members of a household may prove inefficient. The impact of such inefficient household decisions on market performance is investigated. At one extreme, market efficiency can occur even when household decisions are inefficient, namely when household...
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We consider competitive markets for multiple commodities with endogenous formation of one- or two-person households. Within each two-person household, externalities from the partner's commodity consumption and unpriced actions are allowed. Each individual has two types of traits: observable...
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In an exchange economyw ith a finite number of indivisible goods, we analyze a dynamic trading process of coalitional recontracting where agents may make mistakes with small probability. We show first that the recurrent classes of the unperturbed (mistakefree) process consist of (i) all core...
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consider power. The concept of generalized power is introduced. It is generalized power that serves as the primary comparable … and measurable objective basis of exchange. The power theory of exchange provides the objective price-equation. It is … demonstrated that money is a measure of generalized power in exchange and a certification of generalized power in subsequent …
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withholding through failures suggesting further monitoring efforts by public authorities to effectively reduce the likelihood of …
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Der Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) steht derzeit im Fokus der Finanzbranche. FATCA ist Teil des im März 2010 in Kraft getretenen sog. Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act (kurz: HIRE Act) und die US-amerikanische Antwort auf die derzeit stattfindende globale steuerliche...
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The so called classic model of tax compliance behaviour interprets the problem as an individual decision under risk made by a single taxpayer. After a concise description of this model our literature survey investigates whether the empirical results found in the literature corroborate the...
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Where should we look to understand the origin of inequality? Most research focuses on three windows of evidence: (1) the archaeological record; (2) existing traditional societies; and (3) the historical record. I propose a fourth window of evidence - modern society itself. I hypothesize that we...
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