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作者:Shachar, R; Nalebuff, B
作者单位:Tel Aviv University; Yale University
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作者:Feinerman, E; Finkelshtain, I; Kan, I
作者单位:Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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作者:Di Tella, R; Schargrodsky, E
作者单位:Harvard University; Universidad Torcuato Di Tella
摘要:An important challenge in the crime literature is to isolate causal effects of police on crime. Following a terrorist attack on the main Jewish center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in July 1994, all Jewish institutions received police protection. Thus, this hideous event induced a geographical allocation of police forces that can be presumed exogenous in a crime regression. Using data on the location of car thefts before and after the attack, we find a large deterrent effect of observable police...
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作者:Keen, M; Wildasin, D
作者单位:International Monetary Fund; University of Kentucky
摘要:This paper analyzes Pareto-efficient international tax regimes. Because every countryfaces its own national budget constraint, the Diamond-Mirrlees production efficiency theorem, which underlies key tenets of policy advice in international taxation-the desirability of destination basis for commodity taxation, of the residence principle for capital income taxation, and of free trade-does not apply. The paper establishes conditions-relating to the availability of explicit or implicit devices for...