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Does Inequality Blur Class Lines? Meritocratic Attitudes in Comparative Perspective
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Scholars of inequality generally find that lower‐class individuals are more skeptical of meritocratic narratives that link economic success to individual work effort. However, past research has yielded inconclusive findings about how economic inequality affects meritocratic attitudes across different class groups.
Roshan K. Pandian, Ronald Kwon
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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT How does the ability to weather insecurity give some an upper‐hand over others? This paper examines the interrelationship between housing and labour market precarity among middle class young professionals. Drawing on interviews with residents of co‐living schemes—for‐profit shared housing where tenants are on temporary rental contracts—it ...
Tim White
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Financial contagion reloaded: the case of Cyprus [PDF]
Global Economic Observer, 2013 In the present case study, our main objective is to bring to the forefront the main factors that led to the double-dip recession of the Cypriot economy.
Iulia Monica Oehler-Sincai
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Income Shifting, Investment, and Tax Competition: Theory and Evidence from Provincial Taxation in Canada [PDF]
, 2001 We study corporate income tax competition when firms operating in multiple jurisdictions can shift income using financial planning strategies. Several such strategies, particularly intra-corporate lending, appear to be actively pursued by companies to ...
Mintz, Jack, Smart, Michael
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Informed Trade of Earnings Announcements
Journal of Accounting Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines how market participants trade on private information about firm fundamentals using the largest known case of informed trade of earnings announcements. From 2011 to 2015, a cartel of sophisticated traders illegally obtained early access to and traded on over 1,000 firm earnings announcements.
CHLOE XIE
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Elective Taxation on Inbound Real Estate Investment [PDF]
, 2016 Since 1980, the United States has taxed U.S. real property gains of foreign investors. A nonresident must pay tax on the capital gain from the sale of U.S. real property or rights in U.S.
Herzig, David J.
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Natural Resources Forum, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The MENA region faces a critical challenge: balancing economic growth spurred by foreign direct investment (FDI) with environmental sustainability. While FDI can bring technological advancements and capital, concerns exist about its potential to exacerbate environmental degradation, particularly carbon emissions.
Brahim Bergougui, Syed Mansoob Murshed
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FATHOMING TAX HAVENS CLIMATE THROUGH A CONSEQUENTIALIST VERSUS A DEONTOLOGICAL MORAL LENS [PDF]
Analele Universităţii Constantin Brâncuşi din Târgu Jiu : Seria Economie, 2014 By means of an extensive methodological apparatus including analysis of chain base indexes, comparisons, syntheses and case studies, literature review of scientific articles, books or official documents released by international organizations and ...
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Tax Haven and Development Partner: Incoherence in Dutch Government Policies [PDF]
This paper focuses on a relatively new issue in the debate on policy coherence for development: the incoherence between tax and aid policies, using a case study of the Netherlands as illustration.
Van Dijk, Michiel, Weyzig, Francis
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Philip Hammond should shelve Osborne’s plan to cut corporation tax [PDF]
, 2016 In the wake of Brexit, George Osborne planned to “woo business” by reducing corporation tax – already heading for 17 per cent, the lowest rate in the G20, by 2020 – to less than 15 per cent.
Knott, Judith
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