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Constitutional Interests in the Face of Innovations: How Much Do We Need to Know about Risk Preferences?
Witt, U.; Schubert, C. - Volkswirtschaft Abteilung, Fachbereich … - 2008
In constitutional political economy, the citizens’ constitutional interests determine the social contract that is binding for the post-constitutional market game. However, following traditional preference subjectivism, it is left open what the constitutional interest are. Using the...
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Valuation and Assessment of Immovable Property
Almy, Richard - Centre for Tax Policy and Administration (CTPA), … - 2014
This paper addresses the following questions about immovable property taxation in OECD and partner countries: What is …
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State capacity and military conflict
Gennaioli, Nicola; Voth, Joachim - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2011
In 1500, Europe was composed of hundreds of statelets and principalities, with weak central authority, no monopoly over the legitimate use of violence, and overlapping jurisdictions. By 1800, only a handful of powerful, centralized nation states remained. We build a model that explains both the...
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Tax revenues in the European Union: Recent trends and challenges ahead
Carone, Giuseppe; Nicodème, Gaëtan; Schmidt, Jan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
reviews the most recent trends in taxation in the European Union and discusses several tax policy issues in the light of those …
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State Capacity and Military Conflict
Gennaioli, Nicola; Voth, Hans-Joachim - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) - 2013
In 1500, Europe was composed of hundreds of statelets and principalities, with weak central authority, no monopoly over the legitimate use of violence, and multiple, overlapping levels of jurisdiction. By 1800, Europe had consolidated into a handful of powerful, centralized nation states. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010701797
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Law, State Power, and Taxation in Islamic History
Cosgel, Metin; Ahmed, Rasha M.; Miceli, Thomas - Department of Economics, University of Connecticut - 2007
could also limit power through legal constraints on taxation. We show how changes in legitimacy and legal constraints …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005839012
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Smaller Public Sectors in the Euro Area: Aggregate and Distributional Implications
Economides, George; Papageorgiou, Dimitris; … - CESifo - 2012
In this paper, we study the aggregate and distributional implications of a smaller public sector in the euro area. By a smaller public sector, we mean a reduction in public debt and/or cuts in public spending, when such changes in fiscal policy are accommodated by adjustment in various taxes....
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Do Smaller Governments Raise the Level or Growth of Output? A Review of Recent Evidence
Gemmell, Norman; Au, Joey - In: Review of Economics 64 (2013) 2, pp. 85-116
Theoretical developments, improved methodologies and more extensive data have helped generate a dramatic increase in the literature testing or the impact of government size and fiscal policy on economic growth in recent years. We review a range of the more recent evidence and examine (1) the...
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An Alternative Solution (Other Than Taxation), To The Resolution Of Poverty And Unemployment In The Free Market World
Macaluso, Joseph - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This paper describes an alternative way (other than taxation) to eliminate poverty and unemployment from the world …
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The Political Economy of Taxation: Positive and Normative Analysis when Collective Choice Matters
Winer, Stanley L.; Hettich, Walter - Carleton University, Department of Economics - 2002
In this paper we review both positive and normative aspects of taxation. We examine how to study why taxes and revenue … taxation. In dealing with both aspects of the tax literature, we attempt to set out a plan for a more complete and … comprehensive analysis of taxation in the face of collective choice than is attempted in most of the available literature on fiscal …
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