The labor share is typically measured as compensation to labor relative to gross value added ("gross labor share"), in part because gross value added is more directly measured than net value added. Labor compensation relative to net value added ("net labor share") may be more important in some...

To test how practice interruptions affect worker productivity, we estimate how temporal breaks affect surgeons' performance of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Using a sample of 188 surgeons who performed 56,315 CABG procedures in Pennsylvania between 2006 and 2010, we find that a...

Intangible assets can create much more value when they are managed in a tax efficient manner. The tax system, in particular the income tax and capital gains tax (CGT) regimes, offer incentives and pose traps for entities who exploit intangible assets. It is not uncommon for IP lawyers to...

When workers are exposed to human capital depreciation during periods of unemployment, hiring affects the unemployment pool's composition in terms of skills, and hence the economy's production potential. Introducing human capital depreciation during unemployment into an otherwise standard New...

The labor share is typically measured as compensation to labor relative to gross value added ("gross labor share"), in part because gross value added is more directly measured than net value added. Labor compensation relative to net value added ("net labor share") may be more important in some...

This paper uses a hedonic pricing model and National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries data to estimate economic depreciation for multi-family real estate. The findings indicate that investment grade multi-family housing depreciates approximately 2.7% per year in real terms based on...

The thesis of this article is that the tax expenditure concept is grounded on an erroneous vision of the structure of an income tax system. The tax expenditure concept adopts a binary view of income taxation. It posits that there is an ideal or pure income tax system whose provisions are...

Many people are obsessed with the traditional exchange theory, especially with the one that depreciation helps a country's export. This paper proves that such policy is a colonial thinking to exploit the indigenous people. Since depreciation prerequisites printing money, such policy inflicts...

Even though the IASB and the FASB avowed that they would not use the annuity method of depreciation in their leases exposure draft of May 2013, they did so anyway, and with stealth. This article discusses and illustrates the annuity method of depreciation and then critically assesses how the...