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Rabushka, Alvin; Hall, Robert E. - American Enterprise Institute

This volume presents a spirited and informative exchange on the flat tax by noted proponents and doubters. …

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Wallison, Peter J.; Ely, Bert - American Enterprise Institute

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have aggressively used their government support to achieve extraordinarily high profitability and domination of the residential mortgage market.

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Equity, Efficiency, and the U.S. Corporation Income Tax

Ballentine, J. Gregory - American Enterprise Institute

This book examines the little-understood effects of the corporation income tax, a mainstay of the U.S. federal revenue …

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Challenges to a liberal international economic order

Haberler, Gottfried; Willett, Thomas D.; Amacher, Ryan C. - American Enterprise Institute

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Serving Two Masters, Yet Out of Control

Wallison, Peter J. - American Enterprise Institute

Because two disparate clients demand loyalty from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, these government-sponsored entities must fulfill two ultimately irreconcilable roles.

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Raising the Social Security Payroll Tax Cap: How Many Workers Would Pay More?

Schmitt, John; Jones, Janelle; Woo, Nicole - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2013

On January 1, the maximum amount of annual earnings subject to the Social Security tax – a.k.a. the payroll tax cap … – increased to $113,700. Every year, this cap is adjusted to keep up with inflation. Many Americans are not aware that income … Social Security payroll tax rate than those who make more. To help alleviate Social Security’s long-term budget shortfall …

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The Future of the European Union is Closely Related to a Stronger Economic Cooperation between Member States

Dragoi, Andreea - In: Revista de Economie Mondiala / The Journal of Global … 5 (2013) 1

Since the onset of the crisis in the euro area, the EU has implemented a series of measures to respond to the major economic challenges and support the efforts to boost growth and create jobs in the Member States. In October 2012, EU leaders have decided that in order to overcome the challenges...

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How to Manage the Mortgage Credit Risk in Turkey? Can Dual-indexed Mortgages be a Remedy?

Alp, Ali; Doganay, M. Mete - In: Istanbul Stock Exchange Review 9 (2009) 35, pp. 1-10

A market-oriented housing finance system has been under discussion in Turkey recently. In this article we analyze different types of mortgages that have been used in developed and developing countries to select the one that is most appropriate for Turkey-one which minimizes risks for both...

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Competition policy and poverty reduction : a holistic approach

Anderson, Robert D.; Müller, Anna Caroline - 2013 - Manuscript date: 20 February 2012

This paper examines the role of competition law and policy as tools for poverty reduction and development. The authors put forward five related principles, building upon the important work on related issues that has been done by the OECD, the International Competition Network (ICN), UNCTAD and...

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Assessing the Value of Future Accessions to the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) : Some New Data Sources, Provisional Estimates, and an Evaluative Framework for Indivi...

World Trade Organization - 2011

The WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) is a plurilateral Agreement, meaning that it comprises only a subset of the full Membership of the WTO. Currently, a number of WTO Members that are not Parties to the Agreement either are actively seeking accession to it, have commitments to...

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