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The economics of risky health behaviors
Cawley, John H.; Ruhm, Christopher J. - 2011
economics ; neuroeconomics ; human capital ; education ; prices ; sex ; income ; time preference ; peers ; bounded rationality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009307506
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Occupational Licensure : From Barbers to Accountants and Physicians, Influences on Professional Practice in the United States
Alvarez, Ph.D., Esq., Ariel - 2013
This paper examines mandatory occupational licensure in several professions from barbers, cosmetologists, radiologic technicians, CPAs, mid-level healthcare providers, and physicians. Mandatory licensure is cited as a mechanism for serving the public interest by assuring professionals possess...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013075615
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Bargaining over Taxes and Entitlements in the Era of Unequal Growth
Azzimonti, Marina; Karpuska, Laura; Mihalache, Gabriel - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
-acting force to the rapid increase in income inequality. Using a political-economy model where parties bargain over taxes and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013210072
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Heterogeneity and government revenues : higher taxes at the top?
Guner, Nezih; Lopez-Daneri, Martin; Ventura, Gustavo - 2014
We evaluate the effectiveness of a more progressive tax scheme in raising government revenues. We develop a life-cycle economy with heterogeneity and endogenous labor supply. Households face a progressive income tax schedule, mimicking the Federal Income tax, and flat-rate taxes that capture...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010386338
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The Cost of Curbing Externalities with Market Power : Alcohol Regulations and Tax Alternatives
Conlon, Christopher; Rao, Nirupama L. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Products with negative externalities are often subject to regulations that limit competition. The single-product case may suggest that it is irrelevant for aggregate welfare whether output is restricted via corrective taxes or limiting competition. However, when products are differentiated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013537788
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China and the United States: Different economic models but similarly low levels of socioeconomic mobility
van der Weide, Roy; Narayan, Ambar - 2019
The United States and China are the world's largest economies. Together they are responsible for about one-third of the world's economic output. This paper aims to examine whether the two economic giants are also lands of opportunity where resources are allocated in a way that minimizes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012423987
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China and the United States : different economic models but similarly low levels of socioeconomic mobility
Weide, Roy van der; Narayan, Ambar - 2019
The United States and China are the world's largest economies. Together they are responsible for about one-third of the world's economic output. This paper aims to examine whether the two economic giants are also lands of opportunity where resources are allocated in a way that minimizes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012161622
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Redistribution with Performance Pay
Doligalski, Pawel; Ndiaye, Abdoulaye; Werquin, Nicolas - 2022
Half of the jobs in the U.S. feature pay-for-performance. We derive novel incidence and optimum formulas for the overall rate of tax progressivity and the top tax rates on total earnings and bonuses, when such labor contracts arise from moral hazard frictions within firms. Optimal taxes account...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013291022
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The Role of Expressive Versus Instrumental Preferences in U.S. Attitudes Toward Taxation and Redistribution
Stark, Kirk J. - 2015
Polling data suggest that Americans are concerned about rising economic inequality, yet the same polls reveal popular … opposition to redistributive tax policies that would help mitigate inequality. Numerous commentators have drawn attention to this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013011340
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Public Funds and Private Education : Impact of School Vouchers on the U.S. Workforce
McFayden, Elgie - 2014
The debate over the use of public funds to finance private school education has waged for well over forty years. The … contemporary debate on school vouchers centers on the impact of vouchers on public education budgets. While the impact of vouchers … access to quality education which emphasizes science and technology. Another fact to consider in the current debate over …
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