investigate the reasons behind such a significant lag of the resource-rich countries in entrepreneurship. Panel data for more than … 80 countries from 2004-2009 shows that higher dependence on resource rents reduces entrepreneurship activities. The …

, entrepreneurship, competition, and education. In this paper, we aim to test the relationship between the quality of entrepreneurial … regression models. The results obtained show that business, macroeconomic environment and the quality of entrepreneurship are … between the quality of entrepreneurship and the competitiveness of countries, for an extensive sample formed by all the 28 …

What shapes the optimal degree of progressivity of the tax and transfer system? On the one hand, a progressive tax … earnings risk. At the same time, progressivity reduces incentives to work and to invest in skills, and aggravates the …, and market structure parameters influence the optimal degree of progressivity. A calibration for the U.S. economy …

) per capita. This indicates some regional progressivity of social security transfers in Brazil. At the municipal level, a 1 … impoverished areas at municipal, micro or mesoregional levels. At all scales, RGPS shows its progressivity. …

This paper investigates empirically the effect of personal income tax progressivity on output volatility in a sample of … OECD countries over the period 1982-2009. Our measure of tax progressivity is based on the difference between the marginal … hypothesis that higher personal income tax progressivity leads to lower output volatility. All other factors constant, countries …