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We extend the `rational-partisan' model of inflation to allow for the effects of unemployment persistence on the … to the failure of political parties to precommit to price stability, in the light of unemployment persistence. Elections …
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these goals through the underground economy, by evading taxes and union rules in small private enterprises, but it is …
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distribution of illiteracy and infant mortality. Across provinces and within provinces, between rural and urban areas and within …
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and advise them. We examine how capital gains taxes as well as subsidies to start-up costs of new firms affect venture … capital-backed entrepreneurship. We also argue that dividend and capital gains taxes on mature firms have important …
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This paper evaluates the effect of excise taxes and bans on smoking in public places on the exposure to tobacco smoke … reach two important conclusions. First, excise taxes have a significant effect on passive smoking. Second, smoking bans have …
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We study a model in which the effects of taxation on growth are highly non-linear. Marginal increases in tax rates have a small growth impact when tax rates are low or moderate. When tax rates are high, further tax hikes have a large, negative impact on growth performance. We argue that this...
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Most countries exhibit large and persistent geographical differences in wages, income and unemployment rates. A growing …
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