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Transparency diminishes framing-effects in voting on redistribution : some experimental evidence

Paetzel, Fabian; Lorenz, Jan; Tepe, Markus - In: European journal of political economy 55 (2018), pp. 169-184

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Biased perceptions of income inequality and redistribution : conference paper

Engelhardt, Carina; Wagener, Andreas - 2014

and the extent of redistribution in democratic regimes though such a link does not exist when objective measures of …

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Human capital, signaling, and employer learning : what insights do we gain from regression discontinuity designs?

Graetz, Georg - 2017

Several recent papers employ the regression discontinuity design (RDD) to estimate the causal effect of a diploma (or similar credentials) on wages. Using a simple model of asymmetric information, I show that RDD estimates the information value of a diploma. A positive information value arises...

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Incentive complexity, bounded rationality and effort provision

Abeler, Johannes; Huffman, David; Raymond, Collin - 2023

Using field and laboratory experiments, we demonstrate that the complexity of incentive schemes and worker bounded rationality can affect effort provision, by shrouding attributes of the incentives. In our setting, complexity leads workers to over-provide effort relative to a fully rational...

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Incentive Complexity, Bounded Rationality and Effort Provision

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Immigration Restriction as Redistributive Taxation : Working Women and the Costs of Protectionism in the Labor Market

Chang, Howard F. - 2009

participation in the labor force. This burden runs contrary to the teachings of optimal tax theory and introduces excessive …

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Redistribution and Education Subsidies are Siamese Twins

Bovenberg, A. Lans; Jacobs, Bas - Tinbergen Institute - 2005

optimal education subsidies. Optimal subsidies on education ensure efficiency in human capital accumulation and thus play an … verify all investments in human capital, education policy offsets some but not all tax-induced distortions on learning. Non …-pecuniary educational costs (benefits) may increase (decrease) subsidies on education, especially if they are complementary to work effort. …

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Redistribution and Education Subsidies are Siamese Twins

Bovenberg, A. Lans; Jacobs, Bas - Tinbergen Instituut - 2005

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Human capital and optimal positive taxation of capital income

Jacobs, Bas; Bovenberg, Ary Lans - 2005

This paper analyzes optimal linear taxes on capital and labor incomes in a life-cyclemodel of human capital investment, financial savings, and labor supply with heteroge-nous individuals. A dual income tax with a positive marginal tax rate on not onlylabor income but also capital income is...

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