Experts from Finland available to comment on policies that create happiness
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Experts from Finland available to comment on policies that create happiness
In anticipation of the 2023 World Happiness Report, experts from Aalto University in Finland are available to comment on what happiness means in this context and how this small country ensures its residents’ well-being. Finland has topped this subjective well-being…
To tax or not to tax, is that even a question?
A solution is proposed for evaluating tax efficiency, a formula expressing the marginal cost of public funds as a ratio of a net loss in social surplus to a net increase in tax revenue. This formula is derived from only a few indices, common across specific market demand conditions and cost factors. The indices clearly tell us how the degree of tax-driven social burden relates to imperfect competition.
Financial management expert to lead Government Finance Research Center at UIC
Deborah Carroll joins the University of Illinois Chicago from the University of Central Florida, where she is an associate professor in the School of Public Administration and the director of the Center for Public and Nonprofit Management
Study: Tax Havens Can Have Hidden Costs for Corporations
While companies incorporate in tax havens to reduce their tax burden and improve their bottom lines, a recent study finds investors are leery of the risks associated with tax havens.
Don’t worry, the kids are cool if you cash in on their inheritance
Cash in on the kids’ inheritance and spend up big on the retirement plans – that’s the message coming from the University of South Australia as new research reveals that older people are keen to spend their well-earned savings, rather…
Association of sweetened beverage tax with purchases of beverages, high-sugar foods
What The Study Did: Researchers examined whether a sweetened beverage tax in Philadelphia was associated with sustained changes in beverage prices and purchases of sweetened beverages and high-sugar foods two years after implementation of the tax. Authors: Christina A. Roberto,…
The Finnish Basic Income experiment failed to produce short-term employment effects
A study by the VATT Institute for Economic Research and the Labour Institute for Economic Research (PT) shows that replacing minimum unemployment benefits with a basic income of equal size has minor employment effects at best
Analyzing the impact of college gameday homes in the American south
How vacant gameday homes affect housing prices, neighborhoods in Southern college towns
Key policy considerations for reducing public consumption of vice products
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Study Highlights Benefits of Tax Planning For Companies Facing Financial Constraints
A law governing pensions gave business scholars an unprecedented research opportunity to understand the impact of financial constraints.
Ticket inspections may reduce honesty: a research on bus passengers in Lyon
Ticket inspection on public transport can prompt law-abiding people to behave dishonestly once they have gotten off the bus, according to a study published in The Economic Journal . The study was written by three experimental economists: Fabio Galeotti and…
Sugar tax in Spain has led to only tiny reduction in calories in shopping basket
University of Bath press release
The neoliberal city needs to change, argues Concordia professor Meghan Joy
A new policy agenda calls for progressive measures to restrict widening inequality
Research foresees an end to deregulated competitive public transport
Research from the University of Kent predicts an end to deregulated competitive pubic transport in the UK as a consequence of Covid-19 social distancing measures leading to drastically reduced ridership, requiring a major rethinking of the provision of public transport.…
Bernanke, Gertler, Kiyotaki and Moore win the Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Economics
The BBVA Foundation’s award has gone to Ben Bernanke, Mark Gertler, Nobuhiro Kiyotaki, and John Moore for fundamental contributions to our understanding of how financial market imperfections can amplify macroeconomic fluctuations and generate recessions.
Like it or not, history shows that taxes and bureaucracy are cornerstones of democracy
Statistical analysis of 30-premodern societies links economic systems and democracy–and yields insights for today
The new normal: How businesses in China are coping with the Covid-19 pandemic
Business leaders and researchers provide insights on their sense-making processes amid the pandemic and how they envision the way forward
Low-carbon policies can be ‘balanced’ to benefit small firms and average households
Some of the low-carbon policy options currently used by governments may be detrimental to the households and small businesses less able to manage added short-term costs from energy price hikes, according to a new study. However, it also suggests that…
Beverage prices, volume sold after sweetened beverage tax repeal in Chicago’s county
What The Study Did: This observational study examined whether lasting change in sweetened beverage prices or the volume sold was associated with the implementation and repeal of a sweetened beverage tax in Cook County, Illinois, where Chicago is. Authors: Lisa M.…
Higher frequency of financial reporting hinders corporate innovation
Company reporting frequency should be relaxed to allow for greater innovation and longer-term thinking, according to new research from the Business School (formerly Cass). The study, co-authored by Dr Arthur Kraft , Reader in Accounting, found that managers are forced…
Why untraceable cryptocurrencies are here to stay
According to a new study from Copenhagen Business School, on the role of privacy and decentralization in the cryptocurrency community, developers are creating cryptocurrencies in such a way that regulatory oversight will not be possible, neither will any wait and…
Report outlines route toward better jobs, wider prosperity
MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future identifies ways to align new technologies with durable careers
Instituting a minimum price for alcohol reduces deaths, hospital stays
PISCATAWAY, NJ – When governments create a minimum price for alcoholic beverages, deaths and hospitalizations related to alcohol use significantly decrease, according to results from a new report in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs . Called “minimum…
The Lancet Planetary Health: Restricting supermarket promotions of high-sugar food and drinks reduces sales without reducing store profits
First of its kind trial restricting merchandising and promotion of unhealthy foods in stores
The secretive networks used to move money offshore
Researchers have uncovered a highly unusual network pattern within the Panama Papers, showing how fortunes can be easily hidden in secretive offshore shell corporations, and how these remain difficult to trace and take down
VAT cuts do not increase consumer purchasing power
Study of VAT changes in the European Union from 1996 to 2015
COVID-19 pandemic likely to cause sales tax loss for Ohio municipalities
Most municipalities will lose money because of decreased shopping, study finds
When Board Members Get Involved, Corporate Tax Burden Goes Down
New research finds that corporate tax-planning practices improve when a company’s board takes an interest – and better planning results in both less tax uncertainty and a lower tax burden.
When board members get involved, corporate tax burden goes down
New research finds that corporate tax-planning practices improve when a company’s board takes an interest in tax-planning practices – and better planning results in both less tax uncertainty and a lower tax burden. “We wanted to see what happens when…
When board members get involved, corporate tax burden goes down
New research finds that corporate tax-planning practices improve when a company’s board takes an interest in tax-planning practices – and better planning results in both less tax uncertainty and a lower tax burden. “We wanted to see what happens when…
Economic Development Quarterly announces a special issue on business incentives
KALAMAZOO, Mich.– Local and state policymakers push economic development incentives to spur job creation and economic wealth. The outstanding question is, “do these various types of financial incentives–tax credits, abatements, grants, and others–work?” The selected research papers in the May…
Study suggests aggressive carbon taxation could help US meet targets in Paris agreement
Nearly all the countries of the world ratified the Paris Agreement in 2016. The accord aims to limit the increase of the world’s temperature to less than 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial temperatures. To do this, global greenhouse gas emissions…
Study suggests aggressive carbon taxation could help US meet targets in Paris agreement
Nearly all the countries of the world ratified the Paris Agreement in 2016. The accord aims to limit the increase of the world’s temperature to less than 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial temperatures. To do this, global greenhouse gas emissions…
What comes after COVID-19? Special issue in the journal Population and Economics
At this alarming time, when the COVID-19 pandemic is on everyone’s mind, a new special issue in the open-access peer-reviewed journal Population and Economics by Lomonosov Moscow State University ( Faculty of Economics ) provides a platform for discussion on…
New study explores fiscal issues related to NYC teachers retirement system
NYU Marron Institute report looks at risks as COVID-19 roils markets
New study explores fiscal issues related to NYC teachers retirement system
NYU Marron Institute report looks at risks as COVID-19 roils markets
Mandatory building energy audits alone do not overcome barriers to energy efficiency
NYU researchers examine NYC Local Law 87
Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt win the Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Economics
The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Economics, Finance and Management has gone in this twelfth edition to Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt for fundamental contributions to the study of innovation, technical change, and competition policy
Tax incentives for businesses could contribute to the decline of the middle class
A corporation announces it’s seeking bids from local governments to build a new warehouse or move its headquarters. Policymakers tend to swoop in with this mindset: Let’s entice that company with tax breaks to set up shop here. It’ll create…
Study: Corporate tax incentives do more harm than good to states
A study of tax incentives aimed at attracting and retaining businesses finds that the vast majority of these incentives ultimately leave states worse off than if they had done nothing.
Tax rule for industry rewards carbon capture
When it comes to encouraging manufacturers to reduce their carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions, a carrot might be more effective than a stick. That’s the approach taken by a recent U.S. tax code rule that offers credits to companies…
Tax rule for industry rewards carbon capture
When it comes to encouraging manufacturers to reduce their carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions, a carrot might be more effective than a stick. That’s the approach taken by a recent U.S. tax code rule that offers credits to companies…
Cook County’s short-lived ‘soda’ tax worked, says new study
Sweetened beverage sales decreased by 21% during tax implementation
Place-based tax incentives stimulate employment in remote regions
A place-based payroll tax incentive can be effective in stimulating employment in remote and underdeveloped regions, helping to address regional inequalities, according to a new UCL and University of Oslo study. The study, published in the Journal of Public Economics…
British carbon tax leads to 93% drop in coal-fired electricity
A tax on carbon dioxide emissions in Great Britain, introduced in 2013, has led to the proportion of electricity generated from coal falling from 40% to 3% over six years, according to research led by UCL
British carbon tax leads to 93% drop in coal-fired electricity
A tax on carbon dioxide emissions in Great Britain, introduced in 2013, has led to the proportion of electricity generated from coal falling from 40% to 3% over six years, according to research led by UCL
Alcohol tax reform needed
La Trobe University researchers have found introducing a minimum unit price (MUP) of $1.30 per standard drink across Australia could dramatically reduce alcohol consumption. Such a policy, already proven successful in Canada and Eastern Europe, could reduce drinking in Australia…
Alcohol tax reform needed
La Trobe University researchers have found introducing a minimum unit price (MUP) of $1.30 per standard drink across Australia could dramatically reduce alcohol consumption. Such a policy, already proven successful in Canada and Eastern Europe, could reduce drinking in Australia…
Health care paperwork cost US $812 billion in 2017, 4 times more per capita than Canada
Study links rise in bureaucracy — now 34.2% of health spending — to surging overhead of private insurers; cutting US administrative costs to Canadian levels would have saved more than $600 billion in 2017