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Uncertainty and its composition can affect the demand for social insurance, and thereby the labor market. This paper shows that small to medium-sized increases in uncertainty or risk aversion are enough to recommend an expansion of the safety net that would be broadly similar to the actual...
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inspection. Specifically, it seeks to analyze whether an increase in the administrative cost of collecting taxes on foreign trade …
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economic wealth even though the individual might not take any advantage of this. The reason for charging higher taxes on "the … employment. Therefore, not the capital stock, but the consumption of capital should be charged with taxes. …
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monotonicity. Efficiency: redistribution has no cost. Symmetry: members of the society with the same performance obtain the same …Within a simple setup, we show that proportional taxation is implied by three properties: efficiency, symmetry, and … reward after redistribution. Monotonicity: whenever both the performance of a certain member of the society as well as the …
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The trade in Mitrowitz in the period following the signing of the commercial treaty of Passarowitz between Austria and the Ottoman Empire in 1718 was lively. It reflected the characteristics of both domestic and border trade, but Mitrowitz also served as a transit region. Commercial activities...
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine in early 2022 and the ensuing EU–Russian clash over the fate of Ukraine highlight the importance of explaining the outcomes of EU–Russian crisis bargaining. Complementing existing accounts, we argue that favourable preference constellations are key: The more...
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marginal dry areas in Syria. Qualitative and econometric analysis of cross-sectional data indicates that migrants' choices …
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This paper estimates the amount of liquidity created by Syrian banks between 2004 and 2016, and further investigates the effect of liquidity creation on bank performance, controlling for a set of bank-level, industry-level, and macroeconomic variables. The findings show bank liquidity creation...
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One of the main challenges faced by refugee hosting states is the labour market integration of newcomers, which can be achieved to some extent through the creation of small businesses. This paper analyses the individual level determinants of the entrepreneurial intentions of highly-skilled women...
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Syrien steht mitten in einem wirtschaftlichen Reformprozess. Dieser ist notwendig, da die Ölreserven zur Neige gehen, wodurch die Leistungsbilanz stark negativ geworden ist. Gleichzeitig ist die Unterbeschäftigung hoch und das Pro-Kopf-Einkommen stagniert. Subventionen und Zahl der...
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