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growth across the globe. In a large sample of countries, equality in the distribution of income as measured by the World Bank … and by The Standardized World Income Inequality Database are seen to be correlated with economic diversification, the rule … in the World Values Survey, and democracy, all of which are good for growth as reflected in the purchasing power of per …
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This paper analyzes the effect of the introduction of a final withholding tax on capital income on the progression of the German income tax. As previous literature shows, even with synthetic income taxation, tax progression was strongest in the middle of the income distribution, and decreased...
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Marriage is one of the most important determinants of economic prosperity, yet most existing theories of inequality …
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We use detailed information on all real estate stock and transactions since 2006 to study housing inequality in Belgium … then estimate inequality in value or space at different levels of aggregation - from the federal to the local neighborhood … level. Overall inequality is relatively low (Gini of 0.25), but significant heterogeneity exists across and within …
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This papers analyses how horizontal mergers affect innovation activities of the merged entity and its non-merging competitors. We develop an oligopoly model with heterogeneous firms to derive empirically testable implications. Our model predicts that a merger is more likely to be profitable in...
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initiated economic recovery plans with a major focus on stimulating green entrepreneurial activities to revive economic growth … and green growth. Before discussing strategies towards green growth, in this paper we propose a novel framework to …
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We contribute to the role of telecommunications infrastructure on economic growth in three ways. We separately examine … growth. We find that mobile services contribute much more to growth but that the effect diminishes as the provincial economy …
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