In economics many articles are subjected to multiple rounds of refereeing at the same journal, which generates time costs of referees alone of at least $50 million. This process leads to remarkably longer publication lags than in other social sciences. We examine whether repeated refereeing...

Election fraud can threaten democracy if many ineligible people are allowed to vote. The usual policy prescription is to increase monitoring cost. However, this is very costly. This paper proposes a more cost effective strategy: substitute tougher and consistent statutes across states against...

Šiame magistro darbe analizuojami valstybės biudžeto pajamų ir išlaidų planavimo bei ekonominio augimo teoriniai aspektai. Pateikiamos klasikinės mokesčių teorijos, jų tipologija, mokestinių pajamų principai, Lietuvos mokesčių sistema. Darbe nagrinėjama valstybės išlaidų esmė,...

We analyze determinacy and stability under learning (E-stability) of rational expectations equilibria in the Blanchard and Galí (2006, 2008) New-Keynesian model of inflation and unemployment, where labor market frictions due to costs of hiring workers play an important role. We derive results...