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Fiscal externalities in local tax competition: empirical evidence from a panel of German jurisdictions
Buettner, Thiess - 2001
This paper is concerned with fiscal externalities arising from local taxation of a mobile factor. Using a panel of more 1100 local jurisdictions it provides empirical evidence on how the local tax rate as well as the tax rate in the neighborhood affect the local tax base. The results support the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297746
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Fiscal externalities in local tax competition: empirical evidence from a panel of German jurisdictions
Buettner, Thiess - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2001
This paper is concerned with fiscal externalities arising from local taxation of a mobile factor. Using a panel of more 1100 local jurisdictions it provides empirical evidence on how the local tax rate as well as the tax rate in the neighborhood affect the local tax base. The results support the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098139
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Fiscal externalities in local tax competition : empirical evidence from a panel of German jurisdictions
Büttner, Thiess - 2001
This paper is concerned with fiscal externalities arising from local taxation of a mobile factor. Using a panel of more 1100 local jurisdictions it provides empirical evidence on how the local tax rate as well as the tax rate in the neighborhood affect the local tax base. The results support the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011445920
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“Are traffic violators criminals? Searching for answers in experiences of European countries”
Castillo-Manzano, José I.; Castro-Nuño, Mercedes; … - Facultat d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat de Barcelona - 2014
The connection between road traffic safety and criminal behavior has recently become a topic of interest in the literature, although little emphasis placed on the relationship with road accidents. Evidence worldwide shows that people who commit other offences characteristic of antisocial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010765280
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Is Crime in Turkey Economically Rational?/¿Es económicamente racional el crimen en Turquía?
LAURIDSEN, JØRGEN T.; ZEREN, FATMA; ARI, AY?E - In: Estudios de Economía Aplicada 33 (2015) Enero, pp. 37-52
behaviour claims that the propensity to commit criminal activities is negatively related to risk of deterrence. Potential … risk of deterrence, intra-regional correlation, inter-temporal heterogeneity and spatial spillover are exerted. A positive … effect of risk of deterrence on criminal activity is found which conflicts with the hypothesised economic rationality …
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Corruption and Trade
Tariq Majeed, Muhammad - In: Journal of Economic Integration 29 (2014), pp. 759-782
Using a panel data set for 146 countries over the period 1984~2007, this study contributes in the area of trade-corruption linkages by highlighting the non-monotonic relationship between trade and corruption and significance of complementary policy reforms in shaping the link. Findings of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011094122
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Corruption, Economic Freedom and Political Freedom in South America: In Pursuit of the missing Link
Garcia Callejas, Danny - UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA - CIE - 2010
Resumen: La corrupción se puede definir como "el abuso de la autoridad o confianza pública con fines privados". Sin embargo, esta definición sugiere que la corrupción es una enfermedad de la sociedad y no un síntoma resultante de problemas estructurales como la inequidad o falta de...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008525362
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Education and crime: evidence from Italian regions
Buonanno, Paolo; Leonida, Leone - Dipartimento di Scienze Aziendali, Economiche e Metodi … - 2005
This paper studies the impact of education on criminal activity in Italy. We propose a theoretical framework to determine the effects of education and past incidence of crime on criminal activity, and we test its predictions using annual data for the twenty Italian regions over the period...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005063127
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Bank efficiency and openness in Africa : do income levels matter?
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2010
This paper integrates a previously missing wealth-effect component in the openness-finance debate. From a panel of 29 low and middle income African countries with data spanning from 1987 to 2008, we provide evidence that openness (trade and financial) triggers less bank efficiency in low income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410558
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Panel data forecasting
Baltagi, Badi H. - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011507037