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Strand, Jon; Keen, Michael - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

This paper examines the case for internationally coordinated indirect taxes on aviation (as a source of general revenue-not (necessarily) as a source of development finance). The case for such taxes is strong: the tax burden on international aviation is currently limited, yet it contributes...

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Airline emissions of carbon dioxide in the European trading system

FitzGerald, John; Tol, Richard S. J. - In: CESifo Forum 8 (2007) 1, pp. 51-54

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Union membership and the erosion of the Ghent system: Lessons from Finland

Böckerman, Petri; Uusitalo, Roope - EconWPA - 2005

Union density declined in Finland by more than 10 percentage points in less than ten years. This paper analyses the reasons behind the decline, using micro data from the 1990s. According to our results, the changes in the composition of the labour force and the changes in the labour market...

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Determinants of trade union membership

Schnabel, Claus - Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002

A large number of potential determinants of union membership, which often can be interpreted in terms of costs and benefits, have been incorporated into economists' traditional supply and demand framework or into new models of an individual's decision to unionise (such as social custom theory)....

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Union membership and density: Some (not so) stylized facts and challenges

Schnabel, Claus - Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

Surveying some recent data and the empirical literature from various disciplines, this paper attempts to shed some light on what we know and don't know about (trends in) unionization and its determinants in advanced countries. It shows that there are relatively few robust stylized facts, for...

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Union Membership and Density: Some (Not So) Stylized Facts and Challenges

Schnabel, Claus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

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DO UNION REDUCE DISCRIMINATION? A MODEL OF NASH BARGAINING BETWEEN A UNION AND AN EMPLOYEUR WITH DISCRIMINATORY TASTES.

MYLES, G.D.; NAYLOR, R.A. - Department of Economics, University of Warwick - 1990

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Can imports mitigate racial earnings inequality?

Agesa, Jacqueline; Agesa, Richard U.; Lopes, Carlos - In: Journal of Economic Studies 38 (2011) May, pp. 156-170

eliminate racial wage discrimination. Design/methodology/approach – This paper utilizes quantile regression to examine the … industry over the sample period to examine whether global competition is a viable means to eliminate racial wage discrimination …- and medium-skill non-union whites. However, imports cannot mitigate racial earnings discrimination for non-union workers …

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Germany's Corporate Governance Reforms; Has the System Become Flexible Enough?

Odenius, Jürgen - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

This article reviews Germany's corporate governance system and the effectiveness of recent reforms. Since the early 1990s far-reaching reforms have complemented the traditional stakeholder system with important elements of the shareholder system. Instead of taking a view on the superiority of...

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Bhutan Transport 2040 Integrated Strategic Vision

Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2013

Bhutan, in 2040, will be very different from what it is today. The transport system then needs to respond to the changing needs and demands. The Transport Integrated Strategic Vision 2040 incorporates all existing transport related plans, policies, initiatives, and actions to create a long-term...

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