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This paper surveys a selection of the literature on the private provision of public goods using the Kolm triangle. (The Kolm triangle is the analogue of an Edgeworth box in an economy with a public good.) We provide simple geometrical proofs of various established results using this graphical...
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We study the effects of German unification on macroeconomic variables in a model with capital accumulation, skill differences and a welfare state. The integration of two economies differing in capital holdings and skill distribution is similar to a mass migration of low-skilled agents holding no...
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An influential result in the literature on charitable giving is that matching subsidies dominate rebate subsidies in … level, rebates lead to a higher likelihood of giving, while matching and discount subsidies lead to larger donations by …
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Higher education plays an important role in determining lifetime earnings. In turn, the decision to become educated depends to a large extent on family characteristics, such as wealth and cultural background. In this paper, we focus on the interaction between fiscal policies and educational...
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/Slutsky compensation are less effective domestically as subsidies but do not harm economic activity abroad. In addition, transfers increase … alternative fiscal responses in a two-country HANK model that we calibrate to the euro area. Energy subsidies can stabilize the … subsidizing country gains, the other countries lose. Transfers based on historical energy consumption in the form of a Hicks …
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This paper describes the effects of general food subsidies on poverty in Tunisia, as revealed by household survey data … food subsidies. Finally, dominance tests show that this design would first-order-dominate food subsidies scheme within a …
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/Slutsky compensation are less effective domestically as subsidies but do not harm economic activity abroad. In addition, transfers increase … alternative fiscal responses in a two-country HANK model that we calibrate to the euro area. Energy subsidies can stabilize the … subsidizing country gains, the other countries lose. Transfers based on historical energy consumption in the form of a Hicks …
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