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Rossi, Maximo - 2012

-2010, to analyze the evolution of the middle class and polarization in Uruguay. During the Örst period, which is characterized … by an increasing income inequality, we find that the middle class declined and income polarization increased. In the … class rose and polarization decreased. However, this last result is attenuated when we do not consider the household income …

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Changes in Income Inequality Among U.S. Tax Filers between 1991 and 2006 : The Role of Wages, Capital Income, and Taxes

Hungerford, Thomas L. - 2013

This paper examines changes in after-tax income inequality among tax filers between 1991 and 2006. In particular, how changes in wages, capital income, and tax policy contribute to changes in income inequality is investigated. To examine the role of these three possible contributors to the...

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Equality of Opportunity

Roemer, John E. - 2013

This forthcoming chapter in the Handbook of Income Distribution (eds., A. Atkinson and F. Bourguignon) summarizes the literature on equality of opportunity. We begin by reviewing the philosophical debate concerning equality since Rawls (sections 1 and 2), present economic algorithms for...

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Research on Tax Incentives for Charitable Donations of Non-Monetary Assets by Chinese Corporations

Long, Zhaohui - 2013

Corporate donations form a substantial part of social charitable donations in China. Corporate non-monetary asset donations are important in this regard as they bring goods and materials to areas where they are desperately needed. However, the current scope and scale of corporate donations are...

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Natural Gas Consumption in Bolivia : A Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System Application

Monrroy, Mauricio Medinaceli - 2015

This document tries to quantify the possible impacts, on the natural gas consumption, of changes in the flat sale price, to the final consumer, for the natural gas distribution system in Bolivia, in particular, it was analyzed the progressivity of this policy on households from eight urban...

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What Is Socialism Today? Conceptions of a Cooperative Economy

Roemer, John E. - 2020

Socialism is back on the political agenda in the United States. Politicians and some economists who identify as socialists, however, do not discuss property relations, a topic that was central in the intellectual history of socialism, but rather limit themselves to advocacy of economic reforms,...

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Measuring the Tax Subsidy in Private Equity and Hedge Fund Compensation

Okamoto, Karl - 2008

A debate is raging over the taxation of private equity and hedge fund managers. It is being played out in the headlines, in Congress and among legal scholars. This paper offers a new analysis of the subject. We provide an analytical model that allows us to compare the relative risk-reward...

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The Taxation of Private Equity Carried Interests : Estimating the Revenue Effects of Taxing Profit Interests as Ordinary Income

Knoll, Michael S. - 2008

In this Article, I estimate the tax revenue effects of taxing private equity carried interests as ordinary income rather than as long-term capital gain as under current law. Under reasonable assumptions, I conclude that the expected present value of additional tax collections would be between 1...

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Health Financing Policies in Ghana : The Journey to National Health Insurance Scheme

Teddy, Gina - 2008

Healthcare financing the world over has been of great concern to both developed and developing countries. Thus, policies on how to finance and provide healthcare to an entire nation to include both the formal and informal sectors, rural and urban areas in low-and-middle-income countries is a...

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Balancing between Efficiency and Equity in Publicly Funded Health Systems

Cerovic, Ljerka - 2017

The purpose of this paper is to provide a theoretical overview of efficiency and equity and give insights in the Croatian health system. Using selected indicators, a basic descriptive review of efficiency and equity in the Croatian health system was made, with an added comparison to other...

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