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Teenage drinking is a top public health concern, generating social costs of over $28 billion per year, including substantial external costs associated with alcohol-related traffic fatalities. At the same time, the high rate of electronic cigarette ("e-cigarette") use among teenagers has become a...
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The growing political polarization and the increasing use of social media have been linked to straining social ties worldwide. The 2016 presidential elections in the United States reflected this trend with reports of fear and anxiety among voters. We examine how election results can be linked to...
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The problem of extensive use of alcohol is seriously affecting our social, economic and political culture and also creating several other problems in the society. The increasing crime rate especially among the children is due to the spreading use of alcohol and drugs. It has created new type of...
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The purpose of this paper is to assess whether politicians manipulate the timing of tax rate changes in a strategic way to maximize reelection prospects. To do so, we exploit the German local business tax as a testing ground which is set autonomously by German municipalities. As election dates...
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Within a two-country model with involuntary unemployment, this paper investigatescorporate income taxation under … tax policy causesa fiscal externality which goes back to unemployment. This unemployment externality is thelowest when the … welfare and reduces unemployment. The welfare increase is the strongest under apure sales formula. …
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oligopolistic; (2) one country has unemployment while the other attains full employment; (3) oligopolists move internationally; and …
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To finance unemployment insurance, states raise payroll tax rates on employers who engage in layoffs. Tax rates are … unemployment in the wake of the Great Recession. …
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For every payment, there is an equal and opposite tax. In the study of unemployment insurance, economists have … unexamined the influence on labor demand of the unique tax that finances it. Experience rating in unemployment insurance presents …
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