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Choque fiscal e a dinâmica da estrutura a termo da taxa de juros no Brasil

Moreira, Ajax; Rocha, Katia - 2011

The study presents a macro-finance model to analyze the impacts of a fiscal policy shock in the Brazilian term structure of interest rate in the period 1999-2010. Fiscal policy explains a higher proportion of the long-term interest rate variance (25% of the five years rate) comparing to the...

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Saneamento básico no Brasil: Desenho institucional e desafios federativos

dos Santos Cunha, Alexandre - 2011

Basic sanitation services have been undergoing substantial institutional change since the adoption of the new Brazilian National Sanitation Law, in 2007 (Federal Statute n. 11.445/2007, hereinafter LNSB [Lei Nacional de Saneamento Básico]), both as an industrial chain for the provision of...

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Distribution and Growth in an Economy with Limited Needs

Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2001

knowledge sector is bounded, as productivity increases, the economy moves from a "Solovian zone" where wages increase with … their bliss point can only be made better-off by an increase in diversity. If wages are set by monopoly unions rather than … always reduces employment in the material goods sector. International trade may reduce wages in poor countries and increase …

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Distribution and Growth in an Economy with Limited Needs

Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2001

knowledge sector is bounded, as productivity increases, the economy moves from a ?Solovian zone? where wages increase with … bliss point can only be made better-off by an increase in diversity. If wages are set by monopoly unions rather than set … employment in the material goods sector. International trade may reduce wages in poor countries and increase them in rich …

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Why has work effort become more intense?

Green, Francis - 2002

Effort-biased technological change and other explanations for work intensification are investigated. It is hypothesised that technological and organizational changes are one important source of work intensification and supportive evidence is found using establishment data for Britain in the...

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The Value of Skills

Green, Francis - 1998

market. Even at "moderate" levels of complexity, for example using word-processing packages, workers using computers earn an … average premium (after controlling for other job skills) in excess of 20 per cent, compared to those who do not use computers …

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The growth and valuation of generic skills

Dickerson, Andy; Green, Francis - 2002

Using a method for measuring job skills derived from survey data on detailed work activities, we show that between 1997 and 2001 there was a growth in Britain in the utilisation of computing skills, literacy, numeracy, technical know-how, high-level communication skills, planning skills, client...

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Regulatory objectives vs fiscal interests: Are German casino locations motivated by beggar-thy-neighbor policy? An empirical analysis

Haucap, Justus; Nedic, Radivoje; Şimşek, Talha - In: European Journal of Law and Economics 55 (2022) 2, pp. 291-311

In this paper we provide an empirical analysis of German casino locations. Due to the "mercantilistic background" of casinos, we assume that casinos are more likely to be found at borders and in tourist areas. Even though location decisions have been made in the past, we use cross-sectional data...

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Patterns in State Funding of Public Higher Education: Demography, Ideology, Educational Attainment, and Trends

Glomm, Gerhard; Raghav, Manu - 2024

The affordability of public higher education and, by extension, public higher education funding, is an important concern to prospective students and their parents as well as to policymakers. Our study examines the allocation of constant dollar per-student state appropriations across four-year or...

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Spatial and institutional analysis of the voivodships expenditure on culture in the years 2003 - 2015

Suchecki, Adam Mateusz - In: e-Finanse: Financial Internet Quarterly 15 (2019) 3, pp. 67-75

Following the completion of the process of decentralisation of public administration in Poland in 2003, a number of tasks implemented previously by the state authorities were transferred to the local level. One of the most significant changes to the financing and management methods of the local...

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