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Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2002

If redistribution is distortionary, and if the income of skilled workers is due to knowledgeintensive activities and depends positively on intellectual property, a social planner which cares about income distribution may in principle want to use a reduction in Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)...

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On the equilibrium and welfare consequences of "keeping up with the Joneses"

Gavrel, Frédéric; Rebière, Thérèse - 2015

This paper provides an analysis of the social consequences of people seeking to keep up with the Joneses. All individuals attempt to reach a higher rank than the Joneses, including the Joneses themselves. This attitude gives rise to an equilibrium in which all individuals have equal utilities...

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On the Equilibrium and Welfare Consequences of 'Keeping Up with the Joneses'

Gavrel, Frédéric - 2015

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Distribution and growth in an economy with limited needs

Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2001

more unevenly distributed then productivity, technical progress always increases inequality. Redistribution from profits to …

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Distribution and growth in an economy with limited needs

Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2001

more unevenly distributed then productivity, technical progress always increases inequality. Redistribution from profits to …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401020

Are intellectual property rights unfair?

Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2002

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Trade Openness and Cultural Creative Destruction

Coyne, Christopher J. - 2010

This paper empirically analyzes the net effect of trade openness on ‘economic culture,' measured by indicators of trust, respect, level of self-determination, and obedience. Openness to international trade means that societies are more likely to be exposed to alternative attitudes, beliefs,...

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Chapter 29 The Economics of Museums

Frey, Bruno S.; Meier, Stephan - In: Handbook of the economics of art and culture : volume 1, (pp. 1017-1047). 2006

Museums fulfill many important functions in the art world and visits to museums are becoming an important leisure and holiday activity. This chapter surveys research about the functioning of museums from an economic point of view. Museum services are shaped by demand and supply factors and by...

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Chapter 4. Family Ties

Alesina, Alberto; Giuliano, Paola - 2014

We study the role of the most primitive institution in society: the family. Its organization and relationship between generations shape values formation, economic outcomes, and influences national institutions. We use a measure of family ties, constructed from the World Values Survey, to review...

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Foreign price shocks and inflation targeting : effects on income and inflation inequality

Rolim, Lilian; Marins, Nathalie - 2023

Foreign price shocks have significant effects on functional income distribution and on inflation inequality. By … with an inflation-targeting regime. We investigate the impacts of foreign price shocks on income and inflation inequality … shock increases the profit share and the within-workers inequality (in real terms), since low-wage workers are more affected …

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