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Rank dependent utility, tax evasion and labor supply

Eide, Erling; von Simson, Kristine; Strøm, Steinar - 2010

In the simple Allingham-Sandmo portfolio model of tax evasion an expected utility maximizer will cheat more than what is estimated in empirical studies. Two main types of explanation have been suggested as solutions to this puzzle: (1) Tax payers act according to some non-expected utility...

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Environmental, Redistributive and Revenue Effects of Policies Promoting Fuel Efficient and Electric Vehicles

Bigler, Patrick; Radulescu, Doina Maria - 2022

We analyze welfare implications of policies promoting environmentally friendly vehicles employing rich Swiss micro-data on 23,000 newly purchased cars and their buyers. Our estimates reveal substantial income heterogeneity in price elasticity and electric vehicle (EV) adoption. While CO2 levies...

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Environmental, Redistributive and Revenue Effects of Policies Promoting Fuel Efficient and Electric Vehicles

Bigler, Patrick; Radulescu, Doina - 2022

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The Welfare Effects of Mobile Internet Access - Evidence from Roam-Like-at-Home

Quinn, Martin; de Matos, Miguel Godinho; Peukert, Christian - 2022

We evaluate the welfare effects of the Roam-Like-At-Home regulation, which drastically re-duced the price of accessing the mobile internet for EU residents when traveling abroad in the European Economic Area. Estimates from individual-level usage data suggest that consumer surplus increased by...

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A Matter of Taste: The Negative Welfare Effect of Expert Judgments

Lagios, Nicolas; Méon, Pierre-Guillaume - 2024

We study how experts influence consumer behavior and welfare by focusing on the Booker Prize. Leveraging the discontinuity created by the attribution of the prize, we show that readers receive the signal sent by the jury of the Booker and are persuaded to buy the awarded book but experience...

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The Covid-19 Pandemic and European Trade Flows: Evidence from a Dynamic Panel Model

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Sova, Anamaria Diana; Sova, … - 2022

This paper investigates the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on trade flows in the case of the European countries. First, an ARDL dynamic panel model is estimated using the PMG method to analyse monthly data covering the most recent period (2019M1-2021M12); then, the GMM and PCSE approaches are...

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The Covid-19 Pandemic and European Trade Patterns: A Sectoral Analysis

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Sova, Anamaria Diana; Sova, … - 2022

This paper examines how the Covid-19 pandemic affected European trade patterns. Specifically, dynamic panel data models are estimated to assess the effects on exports and imports of various sectors and products (selected on the basis of their trading volume or strategic importance) of the...

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ROC and PRC Approaches to Evaluate Recession Forecasts

Lahiri, Kajal; Yang, Cheng - 2023

We have studied the relationship between Receiver Operating Characteristics (ROC) and Precision-Recall Curve (PRC) both analytically and using a real-life empirical example of yield spread as a predictor of recessions. We show that false alarm rate in ROC and inverted precision in PRC are...

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Fighting Lone Mothers' Poverty through in-Work Benefits - Methodological Issues and Policy Suggestions

Pronzato, Chiara - 2013

Lone mothers are overrepresented among poor people in many European countries. In 1998, in Norway, a welfare reform increased the amount of benefits and introduced working requirements. Using a quasi-experimental model, Mogstad and Pronzato (2012) find a positive effect of the reform on lone...

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The Impact of a Possible Trump Reelection on Mexican Immigration Pressures in Alternative Countries

Beine, Michel; Bierlaire, Michel; Paschalidis, Evangelos; … - 2024

We address the question of the impact of a possible Trump reelection on the location choices of potential Mexican … migrants. We use migration aspiration data from the Gallup World Poll Surveys which provide the preferred location choices of … US location. Using a Cross-Nested Logit model that allows to account for the heterogeneity in the substitution patterns …

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