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Taxation and Evasion in the Presence of Extortion byOrganized Crime
Alexeev, Michael; Janeba, Eckhard; Osborne, Stefan - 1999
In pursuit of its transition from a command to a market economy, post-Soviet Russia has witnessed enormous regional differences in economic growth rates. Moreover, the economic reforms implemented under this transition, while initiated at the federal level, have also differed markedly across...
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Optimal Tax Mix in a Two-Sector Growth Model with Transitional Dynamics
Davies, James B.; Zhang, Jie; Zeng, Jinli - 2000
This paper examines the problem of optimal tax mix analytically in a two-sector growth model with transitional dynamics. Tax revenue is required to provide a pure public good. The key problems are: over-consumption of leisure under labor income or consumption taxes; and under-investment in human...
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The crucial role of social welfare criteria for optimal inheritance taxation
García Miralles, Esteban - 2017
En este artículo se calibra el impuesto óptimo a las herencias derivado por Piketty y Saez (2013) mostrando que diferentes supuestos sobre la función de bienestar social dan lugar a tipos óptimos muy dispares, que varían desde tipos negativos (cuando el criterio de bienestar social es...
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Essays on Optimal Mix of Taxes, Spatiality and Persistence under Tax Evasion
Yunus, Mohammad - 2006
This dissertation analyzes the optimal mix of direct and indirect taxes in an economy with multiple tax collecting authorities when both the taxes are subject to evasion and to what extent the tax compliance behavior of individuals in the United States are persistent and spatially dependent....
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A GERAÇÃO DE EXTERNALIDADES E O PROCESSO DE RECICLAGEM: A APLICAÇÃO DA METODOLOGIA DA ANÁLISE DO CICLO DE VIDA COMO FERRAMENTA GERENCIAL
Souza, Roberta Fernanda Da Paz De - 2008
externalities and the method of Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) make part of this device. From its application the adoption of measures …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442794
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An Economic Approach to Climate Change
Bogard, Matt - 2008
reviews some of the literature and economic theory related to externalities, and focuses on two particular economist … situations where choices are incompatible, (often referred to as externalities) and proposing solutions. This presentation …
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The Impact of a Conditional Cash Transfer Program on Credit Behavior in Colombia
Pineros, Brittany - 2011
This paper investigates the impact of Familias en Acción, a conditional cash transfer program in Colombia, on participant credit behavior. The motivation of the research is derived from previous studies which indicate that conditional cash transfer programs have effects on households aside from...
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Adaptation, Internalization and Environmental Damage
Abrego, Lisandro; Whalley, John - 2002
significance of these responses to congestion externalities, and argue that they need to be taken into account in designing … internalization instruments. We consider labor-leisure, regional labor mobility and house price responses to congestion externalities … consequences of internalizing externalities. If adaptation is present, externalities will be partially internalized, the gains from …
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Under-connected and over-connected networks
Buechel, Berno; Hellmann, Tim - 2008
. We approach this gap by analyzing the role of positive and negative externalities of link formation. We find general … results that relate situations of positive externalities with stable networks that cannot be "too dense" in a well …-defined sense, while situations with negative externalities, tend to induce "too dense" networks. …
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14.452 Economic Growth, Fall 2008
Acemoglu, Daron - 2008
Description This half semester class presents an introduction to macroeconomic modeling, focusing on the theory of economic growth …
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