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How “Rational” Is Urban Public Corruption?

Urban Science
This article reviews the literature on both (a) the general theory of public corruption and its evolution over time; and (b) the history of urban public corruption during the modern period into the present. In addition, this article conducts a historical
Cameron Elliott Gordon
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FOREIGN EXPERIENCE OF LOCAL TAX POLICY: PROSPECTS OF APPLICATION IN RUSSIA

RUDN Journal of Political Science, 2018
The article examines the main trends of local tax policy in foreign countries (United States, Canada, Germany, Britain and France) and the prospects of applying foreign experience to Russian policy.
Artem Sergeevich Zharov
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PROPOSED FRAMEWORK FOR TAX INCENTIVES IN THE OIL SECTOR FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVE [PDF]

Journal of Environmental Science, 2017
Tax system's role as part of the established environmental policy is almost non-existent in Egypt, where tax measures applied only to grant an exemption for machines and new equipment imported from the customs tax or allowing in some cases to deduct ...
Mohamed, S. A, Abdel Basset, W. F., Abdeaziz, A. M   +2 more
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Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková, Michiel van Dijk, Robert M'Barek, Hans van Meijl, Tomas Ratinger   +4 more
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Do Tax Incentives for Farmland Leases Increase Farm Supply? Evidence From Iowa's Beginning Farmer Tax Credit

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In recent decades, agriculture has become increasingly concentrated through horizontal mergers and acquisitions via corporate entities, and policy makers are concerned this will be exacerbated by the aging population of farm operators. To reduce market concentration in agriculture, many states have enacted policies to entice new prospective ...
Justin M. Ross, Wesley M. Zebrowski, Julia C. D. Valliant   +2 more
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Tax Complexity and Firm Tax Evasion: A Cross-Country Investigation

Economies
This paper endeavours to investigate whether a complex tax system influences firms’ propensity toward tax evasion across countries. To achieve the objectives of this study, we utilised the World Bank Enterprise Survey and the World Bank’s Doing Business ...
Prianto Budi Saptono, Gustofan Mahmud, Fauzilah Salleh, Intan Pratiwi, Dwi Purwanto, Ismail Khozen   +5 more
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On the Economics of US Agricultural Policy

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper presents an economic analysis of US agricultural policy, building on a modified version of Gardner's efficient redistribution. We argue that agricultural policy is motivated as an attempt to implement an efficient redistribution scheme that redistributes income toward farmers who, as a group, have been adversely affected by ...
Jean‐Paul Chavas
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A stocktake of the tax system and directions for reform: five years after the Henry Review [PDF]

, 2015
The Tax and Transfer Policy Institute (TTPI) was established at Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University, with the mission to undertake independent research and policy analysis relevant to the Australian tax and transfer ...
Moore, Andre, Whiteford, Peter, Stewart, Miranda, Australian National University, Grafton, R. Quentin   +4 more
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Promoting Healthier Drinking: Evidence From a Vignette Experiment on Contextual and Informational Drivers of Dealcoholized Wine Choices

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Growing demand for healthier beverages is driving innovation in the wine sector, with dealcoholized wine emerging as a promising alternative. However, little is known about the contextual conditions under which consumers would choose dealcoholized wine, particularly in countries with strong wine traditions. To fill this gap, this work examines
Giovanna Piracci, Giulia Maesano, Leonardo Casini, Maurizio Canavari, Marija Cerjak   +4 more
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Swedish farmers' approval of nudges

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Interest in the use of behavioral policy approaches, such as nudges, has strongly increased over the past years, including in the domains of food, agricultural and environmental policies. While the approval of nudges among the general public has been studied extensively, we know little about the attitude of farmers toward nudging. Farmers may (
Liesbeth Colen, Leon Englberger, Jens Rommel   +2 more
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