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countries engage in asymmetric trade. We obtain explicit links between persistent gaps in productivity growth and the incentives … subsidize hinges on slower productivity growth and is disconnected from the importers' incentive to tax resource inflows i ….e., rent extraction. Moreover, faster productivity growth exacerbates the im- porters' incentive to tax, beyond the rent …
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empirically-consistent model of endogenous growth, we obtain explicit links between persistent gaps in productivity growth and the … subsidize hinges on slower productivity growth and is disconnected from the typical incentive of importers to tax resource …
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constant despite structural gaps in productivity growth rates. This stylized fact is analyzed in a two-country model where … resource-poor (Home) and resource-rich (Foreign) economies display productivity differences but stable income shares due to … rent-transfer mechanism. In Foreign, subsidies (taxes) on domestic oil use improve welfare if R&D productivity is lower …
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Does redistribution increase inequality? Is inequality harmfiil for growth? Both questions have recently been addressed in a number of single-tax models. In this paper, I examine the relationship between policy, growth and inequality when income and wealth can be taxed at different rates. In the...
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Why do some countries enjoy high economic growth rates while some suffer in "low-growth traps"? Why are tax policies in different countries so different? Some suggest that it is exactly these differences in government policies which contribute to the difference in economic growth rates. This...
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assess the quantitative effect of incomplete tax enforcement on aggregate output and productivity using a dynamic general … improvements. Under complete enforcement, labor productivity and output would be 19% higher under perfect competition and 34 …
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