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Tax competition and the move from insurance to assistance.
Zemmour, Michaël - Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne, Université Paris 1 … - 2012
systems may coexist : insurance and assistance. Insurance level is set by consensus between firms and unions, whereas … assistance expenditures are set by a majority vote in parliament. Social insurance can be manipulated to influence preferences in … emergence of a mixed model : assistance increases to complement existing insurance, not to replace it. A time series cross …
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Tax competition and the move from insurance to assistance
Zemmour, Michaël - HAL - 2012
systems may coexist: insurance and assistance. Insurance level is set by consensus between firms and unions, whereas … assistance expenditures are set by a majority vote in parliament. Social insurance can be manipulated to influence preferences in … emergence of a mixed model: assistance increases to complement existing insurance, not to replace it. A time series cross …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010634998
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Financial Bailouts and the Philosophy of Frédéric Bastiat
McGee, Robert W. - 2014
Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) was a French thinker who did most of his writing in the last six years of his life. One of his major contributions to economic thought was his application of opportunity cost to a wide range of economic policies. The present paper uses the Bastiat approach to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013054176
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Political Parties, Supply-Side Strategies and Firms : The Political Micro-Economy of Partisan Politics
Camyar, Isa - 2015
This research examines the economic impact of partisan politics at a level that has been neglected in prior research: the firm level. Specifically, I investigate the impact of partisan supply-side policies on firm performance and firm heterogeneity in experience of this impact. I claim that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013025938
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The Effect of Inequality on Redistribution : An Econometric Analysis
Boskin, Michael J.; Elnahal, Kareem; Zhang, Adam - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
insurance" coalition analyses are presented. We find a strong negative relationship between average real income and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014544770
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The political economy of 'linked' progressive taxation in Africa and Latin America
Mosley, Paul; Abdulai, Abdul-Gafaru - 2016
One key element in the reduction of poverty and (in Latin America) inequality has been the achievement of greater fiscal equity; we analyse one key part of this process, which is the earmarking of portions of tax revenue to be spent on progressive public expenditures such as social protection,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653943
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Financing Afforestation in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Countries : What Role for Islamic Economics and Finance?
Abdullahi, Shafiu Ibrahim - 2019
This paper looks at environmental conservation within the growing understanding of the urgent need to confront the two menaces of desertification and deforestation through afforestation schemes in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member countries. Deforestation is one of the main...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012861566
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The political economy of 'linked' progressive taxation in Africa and Latin America
Mosley, Paul; Abdulai, Abdul-Gafaru - 2016
One key element in the reduction of poverty and (in Latin America) inequality has been the achievement of greater fiscal equity; we analyse one key part of this process, which is the earmarking of portions of tax revenue to be spent on progressive public expenditures such as social protection,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011568140
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As the People Want It, Blueprint for a New Confederation
Knutsen, John F - EconWPA - 2004
Presents a complete and detailed constitutional framework applying the rational self-interest model and market mechanisms to intra and inter- governmental behaviour and collective decisions. In particular, the paper presents an enabling mechanism for the creation, adjustment and dissolution of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076593
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Voting for Jobs: Policy Persistence and Unemployment
Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996
This paper studies, in a model with unemployment, how labour market status affects the preferences for public spending, in the form of a public good or subsidies. It then derives the implications for the dynamics of government expenditures under the hypothesis of majority voting. These will...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005114483