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Incorporating NY Land Banks into the Delinquent Property Tax Enforcement Processes
Woods, J Justin - 2015
This article argues that New York municipalities should integrate land banks into the tax enforcement process to break the unhealthy cycle perpetuated by real estate and lien speculators. By transferring all tax liens and foreclosed properties to local land banks, municipalities can generate an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013027030
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The open method of coordination (OMC) as an evolutionary learning process
Ania, Ana B.; Wagener, Andreas - 2009
We interpret the Open Method of Coordination (OMC), recently adopted by the EU as a mode of governance in the area of social policy and other fields, as an imitative learning dynamics of the type considered in evolutionary game theory. The best-practise feature and the iterative design of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264600
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The open method of coordination (OMC) as an evolutionary learning process
Ania, Ana B.; Wagener, Andreas - 2009
We interpret the Open Method of Coordination (OMC), recently adopted by the EU as a mode of governance in the area of social policy and other fields, as an imitative learning dynamics of the type considered in evolutionary game theory. The best-practise feature and the iterative design of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270633
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The Open Method of Coordination (OMC) as an Evolutionary Learning Process
Ania, Ana B.; Wagener, Andreas - 2009
We interpret the Open Method of Coordination (OMC), recently adopted by the EU as a mode of governance in the area of social policy and other fields, as an imitative learning dynamics of the type considered in evolutionary game theory. The best-practise feature and the iterative design of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010427544
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The Bologna Process : how student mobility affects multi-cultural skills and educational quality
Mechtenberg, Lydia (contributor);  … - 2006
We analyze the two goals behind the European Bologna Process of increasing student mobility: enabling graduates to … strengths of the two previous effects. The effects lead to a trade-off between the two goals. Full mobility may be optimal, only … when externalities are high. In this case, student mobility yields inefficiently high educational quality. For moderate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003324338
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The open method of coordination (OMC) as an evolutionary learning process
Ania, Ana B.; Wagener, Andreas - 2009
We interpret the Open Method of Coordination (OMC), recently adopted by the EU as a mode of governance in the area of social policy and other fields, as an imitative learning dynamics of the type considered in evolutionary game theory. The best-practise feature and the iterative design of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003951782
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Environmental tax reform in a federation with rent-induced migration
Garon, Jean-Denis; Séguin, Charles - 2015
We study the welfare effects of a revenue-neutral green tax reform in a federation. The reform consists of increasing a tax on a polluting input and reducing that on labor income. Households are fully mobile within the federation. Regions are unequally endowed with a nonrenewable natural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010496890
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Compliance with the institutional wage in dualistic models
Martins, Ana Paula - 2011
This research extends simple two-sector models in order to inquire the impact of the extent of coverage or enforcement of minimum wage legislation in one of the sectors on the equilibrium outcome. Two versions of institutional wage avoidance are presented. They may be seen as representing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011524841
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Compliance with the institutional wage in dualistic models
Martins, Ana Paula - 2011
This research extends simple two-sector models in order to inquire the impact of the extent of coverage or enforcement of minimum wage legislation in one of the sectors on the equilibrium outcome. Two versions of institutional wage avoidance are presented. They may be seen as representing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011524877
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Political electoral cycles and public investments in Brasil
Orair, Rodrigo Octávio; Gouvêa, Raphael Rocha; Leal, … - 2014
This paper provides new evidence for the empirical literature that investigates the presence of political cycles in fiscal policy and, more precisely, public investments in Brazil. The approach differs from most of the studies for applying the state-space modeling. The greatest benefit is to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010406330