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Economic freedom, the cost of public borrowing, and state bond ratings

Calcagno, Peter T.; Benefield, Justin D. - In: Journal of Financial Economic Policy 5 (2013) 1, pp. 72-85

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show that state economic policies, in addition to state economic performance, impact state bond ratings. Design/methodology/approach – Using a sample of 39 states over the period 1998‐2008, regression analysis is employed to determine whether...

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The transition of state‐peasants relationship

Zhao, Yang; Xiujuan, Tian - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 1 (2009) 4, pp. 382-394

Purpose – The relationship between state and peasants are reflected as the distribution of the economic benefits to each party. The purpose of this paper is to explore the essential change of the relationship from the fiscal term since the beginning of the new century....

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County‐level fiscal strait and resolutions in China

Luo, Dan; Ju, Ronghua - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 3 (2011) 2, pp. 210-223

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to examine China's county‐level fiscal difficulties. A large portion of China's counties (county‐level cities) have to run with the shortage of financial resources and huge government debt. To make a suitable policy to solve this problem is a top...

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Rising food inflation and India's monetary policy

Moorthy, Vivek; Kolhar, Shrikant - In: Indian Growth and Development Review 4 (2011) 1, pp. 73-94

India and similar emerging economies at present. Design/methodology/approach – This paper uses analytical arguments from … representative of the population need to be explored. Practical implications – Monetary policy in India (and similar emerging … model presented in this paper explains the sustained divergence in India, in recent years, between the CPI versus the GDP …

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Monetary policy in India: is something amiss?

Cristadoro, Riccardo; Veronese, Giovanni - In: Indian Growth and Development Review 4 (2011) 2, pp. 166-192

in inflation in India, as well as in inflation expectations, a discussion of the role of monetary policy is needed. This … reactions to macroeconomic news. Findings – The authors documented the unhinging of inflation expectations in India in the … framework of the Reserve Bank of India would benefit from further evolution in the direction of a precisely defined and …

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When „the Rest“ enters „the West“: Indischer Tourismus in die Zentralschweiz

Frank, Sybille - In: Zeitschrift für Tourismuswissenschaft 4 (2012) 2, pp. 221-230

Zusammenfassung Bis vor kurzem führten touristische Reiserouten in der Regel vom globalen „Westen“ in den so genannten „Rest der Welt“. Doch was passiert, wenn Menschen aus dem globalen Osten und Süden plötzlich in der Rolle zu bedienst leistender Touristinnen vor den Türen...

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Confusions about Social Security

Krugman, Paul - In: The Economists' Voice 2 (2004) 1

There is a lot of confusion in the debate over Social Security privatization, much of it deliberate. This essay discusses the meaning of the trust fund, which privatizers declare either real or fictional at their convenience; the likely rate of return on private accounts, which has been greatly...

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Designing Smarter Regulation with Improved Benefit-Cost Analysis

Hahn, Robert - In: Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis 1 (2010) 1

Benefit-cost analysis is required for many regulatory decisions in the United States and in other countries. In this paper, I examine a standard textbook model that is used in benefit-cost analysis as it is actually applied to environmental policy and other areas of regulation. My primary...

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Die Vermögensteuer – Ein Comeback in der Krise?

In: Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 62 (2013) 2, pp. 159-160

Abstract Thomas Gambke describes in his article the concept of a property levy („Vermögensabgabe“) of the German Green Party in the context of other property related taxes such as real estate tax and inheritance tax. He explains the advantages of a property levy in contrast to a property...

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Inequality and size of government: evidence from Brazilian states

Mattos, Enlinson; Rocha, Fabiana - In: Journal of Economic Studies 35 (2008) 4, pp. 333-351

Purpose – This paper seeks to investigate the role of income‐inequality on the size of local government. Design/methodology/approach – First, the paper extends the model proposed by Meltzer and Richard, allowing for spatial interaction in the redistributive in‐kind transfers from the...

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