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作者：Telle, Kjetil
作者单位：Statistics Norway
摘要：Relying on a small natural field experiment conducted by the Norwegian Environmental Protection Agency, I estimate effects of three fundamental elements of most monitoring and enforcement practices: self-reporting, audit frequency and specific deterrence. I find evidence of under-reporting of violations in firms' self-audits, as more violations are detected in on-site audits than in self-audits. Announcing the increased audit frequency has no effect on firms' compliance, but an audit raises su...
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作者：Hepburn, Cameron J.; Quah, John K. -H.; Ritz, Robert A.
作者单位：University of London; London School Economics & Political Science; University of Oxford; University of Cambridge; University of Cambridge
摘要：This paper examines the impact of an emissions trading scheme (ETS) on equilibrium emissions, output, price, market concentration, and profits in a generalized Cournot model. We develop formulae for the number of emissions permits that have to be freely allocated to firms to neutralize the profit impact of the ETS. We show that its profit impact is usually limited: in a Cournot oligopoly with constant marginal costs, total industry profits are preserved so long as freely allocated permits cove...
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作者：Anderberg, Dan; Rainer, Helmut
作者单位：University of London; Royal Holloway University London; University of Munich; Leibniz Association; Ifo Institut
摘要：While research on domestic abuse in economics has to date almost exclusively focused on physical violence, research in other disciplines has documented that abusive males frequently also use sabotage tactics to interfere with the employability and job performance of the victim. This paper puts forward a theoretical framework that rationalizes why men may use labor market sabotage instrumentally to thwart their partners' training or career efforts. The model predicts a non-monotonic relationshi...
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作者：Golosov, Mikhail; Troshkin, Maxim; Tsyvinski, Aleh; Weinzierl, Matthew
作者单位：Princeton University; Yale University; National Bureau of Economic Research; Cornell University
摘要：We examine a prominent justification for capital income taxation: goods preferred by those with high ability ought to be taxed. In an environment where commodity taxes are allowed to be nonlinear functions of income and consumption, we derive an analytical expression that reveals the forces determining optimal commodity taxation. We then calibrate the model to evidence on the relationship between skills and preferences and extensively examine the quantitative case for taxes on future consumpti...
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作者：Chandra, Piyush; Long, Cheryl
作者单位：Colgate University; Xiamen University
摘要：A destination-based VAT system without a complete export tax rebate is detrimental to a country's exports, while an increase in the VAT rebate rate helps reduce the negative effects. In this paper, we study the role of VAT rebates in affecting Chinese exports using firm-level panel data for 2000-2006. To address potential endogeneity, we rely on a quasi-natural policy experiment in 2004, when the fiscal conditions of local governments became important in determining the actual VAT rebate rates...
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作者：Spinnewijn, Johannes
作者单位：University of London; London School Economics & Political Science
摘要：Displaced workers often experience large losses in earnings even a long time after reemployment. Training programs during unemployment mitigate these losses but also affect the unemployed's willingness to search. This paper analyzes how mandatory training programs affect the optimal design of unemployment insurance and how the training intensity should evolve during the unemployment spell. The introduction of training reverses the optimal consumption dynamics during the unemployment spell and ...
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作者：Bennmarker, Helge; Gronqvist, Erik; Ockert, Bjorn
摘要：In many countries welfare services that traditionally have been provided by the public sector are being contracted out to private providers. But are private contractors better at providing these services? We use a randomized experiment to empirically assess the effectiveness of contracting out employment services to private placement agencies. Our results show that unemployed at private placement agencies have a closer interaction with their case worker than unemployed at the Public Employment...
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作者：Cruces, Guillermo; Perez-Truglia, Ricardo; Tetaz, Martin
作者单位：National University of La Plata; IZA Institute Labor Economics; Harvard University
摘要：Individual perceptions of income distribution play a vital role in political economy and public finance models, yet there is little evidence regarding their origins or accuracy. This study examines how individuals form these perceptions and explores their potential impact on preferences for redistribution. A tailored household survey provides original evidence on systematic biases in individuals' evaluations of their own relative position in the income distribution. The study discusses one of ...
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作者：Che, Jiahua; Chung, Kim-Sau; Qiao, Xue
作者单位：Chinese University of Hong Kong; University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities; Tsinghua University
摘要：There are three signature features of autocracies. First, there is a wide variety across autocracies in terms of economic performance: some do much better and some much worse than democracies. Second, economic performance of a given autocracy is more sensitive to leader quality, and exhibits higher volatility. Third, all autocracies, good or bad, tend to have weaker civil societies than democracies do. We attribute these features to the core of the autocratic political institution: the incumbe...
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作者：Gersovitz, Mark
作者单位：Johns Hopkins University
