◆ Corruption and public finance: an IMF perspective

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Public finance should be a means whereby vernments in low-income countries are able to increase economic growth and end poverty. Corruption, however, reduces tax revenue and makes public expenditure...

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2007-04-10

◆ On the Theory and Practise of Fiscal Decentralizatio

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On the Theory and Practise of Fiscal Decentralization,Wallace E.Oates...

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2007-04-05

◆ Choosing Electoral Rules: Theory and Evidence from US Cities.

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This paper studies the choice of electoral rules, in particular the question of minority representation. Majorities tend to disenfranchise minorities through strategic manipulation of electoral rule...

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2007-04-01

◆ Eight Questions about Corruptio

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This paper will discuss eight frequently asked questions about public corruption....

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2007-03-29

◆ Taxation and Economic Growth in China

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China’s economic transformation during the past twenty years has been breath taking. As of the early 1980’s, China was one of the poorest countries in the world. The economy was almost entirely st...

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2007-03-20

◆ Advances in Dynamic Optimal Taxatio

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This paper surveys the recent literature concerning the structure of optimal taxes in dynamic economies in which agents are privately informed about skills and effort....

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2007-03-20

◆ Privatization and Its Benefits: Theory and Evidence

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Privatization and Its Benefits Theory and Evidence...

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2007-03-15

◆ Federalism in Securities Regulation: An Economist’s Perspective

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Federalism in Securities Regulation:...

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2007-03-11

◆ The proper scope of vernment: theory and its application to prisons

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公共服务提供制度（合约）选择的经典文章。是政府提供还是私人提供？该文给出了模型与实证分析。...

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2007-03-02

◆ Sociological Dimensions of China’s Economic Transitio

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Despite skepticism about official economic statistics, there is little doubt that China since 1978 has underne an economic transformation of historic proportions. This outcome stands in stark oppositi...

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2007-02-24

◆ War as Rent-Seeking: A Public Choice Perspective

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Abstract Historical literature on the causes of the Pacific War generally focuses on either international relationships between the great powers in the interwar period or on the role of domestic int...

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2007-02-24

◆ On the determinants of labour market institutions:Rent seeking vs. social insura

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Abstract What determines the structure of labour market institutions? I argue that common explanations based on rent seeking are incomplete. Unions, job protection, and egalitarian pay structures m...

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2007-02-24

◆ What Can Organizational Economics Contribute?

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Abstract Knowledge management has emerged as a very successful organization practice and has been extensively treated in a large body of academic work. Surprisingly, however, organizational economi...

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2007-02-24

◆ “Tying the Manager’s Hands”: How Firms Can Make Credible Commitments That Make O

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Abstract We discuss and empirically examine a firm-level equivalent of the ancient problem of “tying the King’s hands,” namely how to maximize managerial intervention for “od cause,” while...

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2007-02-24

◆ RENT-SEEKING WITH SCARCE TALENT:A MODEL OF PREEMPTIVE HIRING

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Abstract In the standard model of a rent-seeking contest, firms optimally employ resources in an attempt to win the contest and obtain the rent. Typically, it is assumed that these resources may be...

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