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Poverty Targeting Classifications and Distributional Effects
Londero, Elio H - EconWPA - 2004
distribution of project benefits, and argues for looking at the distribution of net benefits. Finally, it offers some conclusions …This paper reviews two common definitions of poverty targeted projects, discusses the limitations of poverty targeting … classifications, calls for a poverty focused cost-benefit analysis that looks at the main policy constraints affecting the …
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Shadow Pricing Rules for Partially Traded Goods
Londero, Elio - EconWPA - 2005
This paper shows how to shadow price partially traded goods following the standard rules of cost-benefit analysis, i.e. identifying the individuals affected, measuring their corresponding compensating variations, and aggregating those measures according to a distributional value judgement. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408410
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ELECTORAL SYSTEMS, POVERTY AND INCOME INEQUALITY
Verardi, Vincenzo - EconWPA - 2005
In this article we use the high-quality data coming from the Luxembourg Income Study Project, in a panel framework, to … test for the effects of electoral systems on both poverty and income Inequality. We find that when de degree of … proportionality of an electoral system increases, inequality and poverty decrease. We also find than in presidential regimes, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005560968
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Privatizing Profits of Bulgaria's State Enterprises, TRANSITION newsletter about transition economies, The World Bank, Vol. 6, No.3, March 1995.
Bogetic, Zeljko; Hillman, Arye - EconWPA - 2005
The note documents and discusses the modalities and consequences of the phenomenon of siphoning profits of state enterprises for private uses by state enteprise managers and insiders in Bulgaria during the period of early transition.
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An international comparison of effective marginal taxes on labour use
Romero-Jordan, Desiderio; Sanz-Sanz, José Felix - EconWPA - 2004
The purpose of this paper is to compare the different levels of tax rates on the use of the labour force in a range of OECD countries, using the methodology of effective marginal tax rates. Results for the United Kingdom, Australia, Sweden, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Japan, the United...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076585
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Manipulated, Misled, Ignored, Abused: Residential Consumer Experience with Electric Deregulation in the United Kingdom
Jewell, Kevin - EconWPA - 2004
The United Kingdom began deregulating its electric market years before the U.S. Thus, the UK provides the best example of what can be expected in the deregulated residential retail electric market in the United States. . An extensive review of the evidence found: Questionable price savings:...
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Funding Asymmetries in Electoral Competition: How important is a level playing field?
Vanberg, Christoph - EconWPA - 2004
I investigate the idea that campaign spending limits may help to level the playing field in electoral competition between parties who have unequal access to campaign funds. The model assumes that the supporters of one party are on average wealthier than those who support a competing party....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076597
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A microeconometric model for analysing efficiency and distributional effects of tax reforms: a review of results for Italy and Norwayƒx
Aaberge, Rolf; Colombino, Ugo - EconWPA - 2005
exercise where we look for the optimal tax system. In Section 5 we report on an on-going project aimed at integrating the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076599
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The Institutions of Federalism: Toward an Analytical Framework
Wildasin, David E. - EconWPA - 2004
Mature federations have relatively transparent delineations of authority among levels of government; subnational governments enjoy considerable autonomy in their expenditure, revenue, and debt policies. In other countries, problems of soft budget constraints, bailouts, and fiscal and financial...
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Exchange Rate Floating and Inflation Targeting Implementing - Lessons from a succesful transition - The Brazilian Case
Deheza, Juan Carlos Soldano - EconWPA - 2003
El objetivo de este paper es realizar una descripción del caso brasileño, en lo que hace a la salida de un sistema en el cual el ancla nominal de la economía era un tipo de cambio semi-fijo, hacia un régimen de flotación “cuasi” limpia de la moneda, en el que el ancla de la economía...
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