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Incentivizing the Missing Middle 960.47 KB 446 downloads
The rise in inequality in the U.S. is, in part, attributable to the shrinking middle...
The effects of state and local economic incentives on business start-ups in the U.S.: County-level evidence 822.24 KB 656 downloads
Even as economic incentives are increasingly used by policymakers to spur state and...
Preparing Local Tax Expenditure Reports: A Practical Guide for Local Governments 1.20 MB 513 downloads
The aim of this “how to” document is to assist local governments who choose to...
Fiscal Decentralization and Public R&D Policy: A Country Panel Analysis 2.28 MB 616 downloads
This paper examines the impact of fiscal decentralization on both public investment...
Social Context and Voting over Taxes: Evidence from a Referendum in Alabama 435.14 KB 503 downloads
We investigate the impact of racial diversity and segregation on white voter support...
Does Child Abuse Cause Crime? 1.93 MB 532 downloads
Child maltreatment, which includes both child abuse and child neglect, is a major...
Direct Tests of Models of Social Preferences and a New Model 460.27 KB 666 downloads
Departures from “economic man” behavior in many games in which fairness is a salient...
Revealed Altruism 642.53 KB 629 downloads
This paper develops a nonparametric theory of preferences over oneís own and othersímonetary...
Implications of Trust, Fear, and Reciprocity for Modeling Economic Behavior 392.14 KB 610 downloads
This paper reports three experiments with triadic or dyadic designs. The experiments...