Category Archives: Public Economics

Using Science as Evidence in Public Policy

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Sriram

Edited by Kenneth Prewitt, Thomas A. Schwandt, and Miron L. Straf. National Research Council 2012. Using Science as Evidence in Public Policy encourages scientists to think differently about the use of scientific evidence in policy making. This report investigates why … Continue reading →

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Journal of Public Economics,Volume 96, Issues 7–8, Pages 569-644 (August 2012)

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Librarian

CONTENTS The impact of an adult education voucher program: Evidence from a randomized field experiment By Guido Schwerdt, Dolores Messer, Ludger Woessmann, Stefan C. Wolter Tax competition among local governments: Evidence from a property tax reform in Finland By Teemu … Continue reading →

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Historical Patterns and Dynamics of Public Debt—Evidence From a New Database

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Sriram

S. M. ALI ABBAS, NAZIM BELHOCINE, ASMAA EL-GANAINY, and MARK HORTON IMF Economic Review (2011) 59, 717–742. This paper introduces the first truly comprehensive database on gross government-debt-to-GDP ratios, covering nearly the entire IMF membership (178 countries) and spanning an … Continue reading →

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Journal of Public Economics, Volume 96, Issues 3–4, April 2012

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Saritha

Contents ♦     The intergenerational conflict over the provision of public education Dennis Epple, Richard Romano, Holger Sieg ♦      Does the size of the legislature affect the size of government? Evidence from two natural experiments Per Pettersson-Lidbom ♦     Automatic … Continue reading →

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Public services and expenditure need equalization : reflections on principles and worldwide comparative practices

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Gopakumar

by Anwar Shah WB PolicyResearch Paper no. WPS 6006, March 2012 This paper reviews the conceptual challenges as well as lessons from worldwide experiences in implementing public services and expenditure need compensation in fiscal equalization transfers with a view to … Continue reading →

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Kerala Budget 2012-13

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Sriram

Sri.K.M.Mani,Hon’ble Minister for Finance,Govt.of Kerala presented the Kerala Budget 2012-13 on 19th March 2012. Downloads Kerala Budget 2012-13   Speech (Malayalam) Budget in brief Annual Plan 2012-13 Introduction Plan Statement Pages 1-120 Plan Statement Pages 121-245 Plan Statement  Pages 246-436 Plan … Continue reading →

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Economic Review 2011

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Sriram

State Planning Board, Kerala. Date: Mar-2012 Economic Review is one of the budget documents prepared by the State Planning Board every year. Because of its professionally structured content and rich information, it is widely accepted as an authentic publication which … Continue reading →

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Journal of Public Economics, Volume 96, Issues 1–2, February 2012

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Saritha

Contents 1)     Majority voting and the welfare implications of tax avoidance Christian Traxler 2)     Lobbying, political competition, and local land supply: Recent evidence from Spain Albert Solé-Ollé, Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal 3)     Incumbency advantage and political campaign spending limits Ivan Pastine, Tuvana … Continue reading →

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Assessing the relationship between democracy and domestic taxes in developing countries

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Sriram

by Helene Ehrhart Economics Bulletin, Vol-32 Issue No.1 pp.551-566 To what extent differences across developing countries in their domestic tax mobilization can be explained by their political regime? Using a panel of 66 developing countries over the period 1990-2005, this paper provides econometric … Continue reading →

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Journal of Public Economics Volume 95, Issues 11–12, December 2011

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Saritha

Special Issue Papers ¨      Introduction Wojciech Kopczuk, Pierre Pestieau ¨      How optimal nonlinear income taxes change when the distribution of the population changes Craig Brett, John A. Weymark ¨      A comparison of optimal tax policies when compensation or responsibility matter … Continue reading →

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