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The Effect of Inequality on Redistribution : An Econometric Analysis
Boskin, Michael J.; Elnahal, Kareem; Zhang, Adam - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
redistribution and a modest effect of two year led inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014544770
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Suspiciously timed trade disputes
Conconi, Paola; DeRemer, David R.; Kirchsteiger, Georg; … - 2015
This paper shows that electoral incentives affect the occurrence of trade disputes. Focusing on WTO disputes filed by the United States during the 1995-2012 period, we show that U.S. presidents are more likely to initiate a dispute in the year preceding their re-election date. Moreover, disputes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010530066
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The design of political institutions : electoral competition and the choice of ballot access restrictions in the United States
Drometer, Marcus; Rincke, Johannes - 2008
Recent contributions to the political economics literature (Trebbi et al. 2007; Aghion et al. 2004) have challenged the view that political institutions are exogenous to the behavior of agents in the political arena. We explicitly address the potential endogeneity of institutions by examining the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009746793
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The Design of Political Institutions : Electoral Competition and the Choice of Ballot Access Restrictions in the United States
Drometer, Marcus; Rincke, Johannes - 2021
Recent contributions to the political economics literature (Trebbi et al. 2007; Aghion et al. 2004) have challenged the view that political institutions are exogenous to the behaviour of agents in the political arena. We explicitly address the potential endogeneity of institutions by examining the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316474
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Migration elasticities, fiscal federalism and the ability of states to redistribute income
Giertz, Seth H.; Tosun, Mehmet Serkan - 2012
This paper develops a simulation model in order to examine the effectiveness of state attempts at redistribution under …-level redistribution are substantial, but state action may still be preferred to a federal policy that is at odds with preferences of a … state pursuing additional redistribution, but not a cost at the national level. -- fiscal federalism ; income redistribution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009581381
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Measuring disparities in non-school costs and revenue capacity among Massachusetts cities and towns
Bradbury, Katharine L. (contributor); Zhao, Bo (contributor) - 2007
This paper develops new measures of environmental costs and local revenue capacity as the basis for a new municipal aid formula in Massachusetts. On the cost side, unlike previous studies, we quantify the effects on local non-school spending of characteristics related to uncontrollable costs. On...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003715697
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The power of parties
Fiva, Jon H.; Folke, Olle; Sørensen, Rune Jorgen - 2013
As with the market for goods and services, democratic competition involves political parties offering their services (policy programs) to citizen-consumers who vote for their preferred partisan supplier. Little is known about the partial effect of a shift in parties' seat shares for given voter...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009707614
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Saving for a rainy day : estimating the appropriate size of U.S. state budget stabilization funds
Zhao, Bo - 2014 - This version: October 2014
Rainy day funds (RDFs) are potentially an important countercyclical tool for states to stabilize their budgets and the overall economy during economic downturns. However, U.S. states have often found themselves exhausting their RDFs and having to raise tax rates or reduce expenditure while still...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010463412
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Measuring Fiscal Disparities Across the U.S. States : A Representative Revenue System/Representative Expenditure System Approach, Fiscal Year 2002
Sayin Taylor, Yesim - 2011
States and their local governments vary both in their needs to provide basic public services and in their abilities to raise revenues to pay for those services. A joint study by the Tax Policy Center and the New England Policy Center at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston uses the Representative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013118627
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Life Satisfaction and Public Finance : Empirical Analysis Using U.S. Micro Data
Kiya, Kohei - 2012
The objective of this paper is to explore various relationships between self-reported life satisfaction and state public finance in the U.S. The paper focuses on both government expenditure and revenue (especially tax) structures. This paper is the first of its kind to examine the relationship...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013102366