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Globalisation, inequality and redistribution

Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Cappelen, Alexander W. - Center for Globalization and Europeanization of the … - 2004

The present paper seeks to explain the pattern of income redistribution in a globalised world of increased market … income inequality and lower costs of factor mobility. In some countries, larger market income inequality has been met by an …, larger market inequality has been accompanied by a reduction in transfers, thus leading to growth in disposable income …

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Automatic Stabilizers, Economic Crisis and Income Distribution in Europe

Dolls, Mathias; Fuest, Clemens; Peichl, Andreas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

This paper investigates to what extent the tax and transfer systems in Europe protect households at different income levels against losses in current income caused by economic downturns like the present financial crisis. We use a multi country micro simulation model to analyse how shocks on...

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A note on Fairness and Redistribution

Di Tella, Rafael; Dubra, Juan - Harvard Business School, Harvard University - 2010

We note some problems in Alesina and Angeletos (2005) and suggest a way to maintain the key insight of that paper, which is that a demand for fairness could lead to different economic systems such as those observed in France versus the US (multiple equilibria).

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Emerging Law Addressing Climate Change and Water

Burleson, Elizabeth - 2015

The World Economic Forum recognizes that while restrictions on energy affect water systems and vise versa, energy and water policy are rarely coordinated. The International Panel on Climate Change predicts that wet places will become wetter and dry places will become dryer. Transboundary water,...

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Participation and Disintermediation in a Risk Society

Rhee, Robert J. - 2015

This is a book chapter in a forthcoming book, Law, Property, and Society (Ashgate Press). The chapter argues that financing extreme catastrophic loss will become more problematic as catastrophes become more frequent and severe. An effective strategy must increase the level of participation in...

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¿Es necesaria una política redistributiva del ingreso en Chile? Evidencia Empírica desde el principio de igualdad de oportunidades

Sainz, Fernández; Isabel, Ana; Cabrales Gómez, Fernando; … - Departamento de Economía Aplicada III (Econometría y … - 2004

[ES] Este trabajo evalúa la política tributaria vigente en Chile desde la perspectiva del criterio de Igualdad de Oportunidades. Bajo este criterio es deseable actuar para compensar a las personas por las circunstancias en las que nacen, pero es necesario permitir las diferencias originadas...

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Igualdad de oportunidades: una aplicación al sistema tributario chileno

Cabrales, Fernando; Fernández, Ana; Grafe, Fritz - In: Estudios de Economia 32, 1 Year 2005, pp. 69-96

Este estudio continúa la línea de investigación acerca de los determinantes de las actividades de Investigación y Desarrollo y su impacto sobre la innovación tecnológica y la productividad de las plantas manufactureras en Chile (Benavente y Crespi, 1996y Benavente 2002). Los resultados...

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Reinventing the welfare state

Mooij, Ruud de - Centraal Planbureau (CPB), Government of the Netherlands - 2006

The Dutch welfare state is under pressure. Future trends of ageing and globalisation render public finances unsustainable and worsen the position of low-skilled workers on the labour market. At the same time, welfare state institutions seem insufficiently adapted to changed socio-cultural...

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Energy Revolution and Disaster Response in the Face of Climate Change

Burleson, Elizabeth - 2015

Nuclear meltdown in Japan and civil society strife across the Middle East highlight the degree to which resilience is core to international peace and security. This article considers the means by which communities can become increasingly resilient through shared best practices across a range of...

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Cooperative Federalism and Hydraulic Fracturing

Burleson, Elizabeth - 2012

This article analyzes how cooperative federalism and inclusive decision-making can provide legitimacy and transparency when balancing property rights versus police powers to regulate natural gas production

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