Broadening state capacity, nber working papers 273, national bureau of economic research, inc. Intergovernmental cooperation and tax enforcement, nber working papers 24153, national bureau of economic research, inc. Ross school of business and university of michigan at ann arbor department of economics. Theory of mandated benefits and evidence from maternity leave policies, the journal of law and economics. Post developed by katie brown in coordination with ugo troiano. Labor market attitudes and experienced political institutions by troiano, ugo a. Judicial discretion and racial disparities in federal sentencing, 20. A comparative study based on the state personal income tax by ugo troiano, professor of economics at the university of michigan. We evaluate the effect of relaxing fiscal rules on policy outcomes applying a quasiexperimental research design. This column discusses new research about the enforcement of tax debts, including evidence from a field experiment in the us with nearly 35,000 tax delinquents who collectively owe half a billion dollars in taxes. He is also a faculty research fellow nber in political economy and public economics, research associate at the office of tax policy research and faculty associate in the institute for social research cps. Ugo troiano faculty people center for political studies.
Ugo mattei is alfred and hanna fromm professor of international and comparative law, hastings college of law, university of california. February 2015 center for political studies cps blog. Crystal yangs teaching and research interests center around empirical law and economics, particularly in the areas of criminal justice and consumer bankruptcy. We found that while indian banks have been less efficient in implementing the pmmy, in comparison the public sector banks are more efficient in providing loans under the scheme and providing loans to startups under the scheme than the private sector banks. Department of economics, tel aviv university, april 1986. The integration of economic history into economics. Guido tabellini professor of economics, bocconi university verified email at unibocconi. Books recent books earlier books by decade browse books by series.
Shaming tax delinquents, journal of public economics, vol 167. Dr troiano works at the university of michigan as an assistant professor of economics. Policy responses to the introduction of the income tax. Direct and network effects of a tax enforcement field experiment, nber working paper 24305.
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Intergovernmental cooperation and tax enforcement ugo troiano. The electoral response to a large anti tax evasion program, with l. Lyle the longterm effects of the printing press in subsaharan africa pp. New professor ugo troiano discusses his research and experiences at the university. Hacrobust trend comparisons among climate series with possible intercept shifts. This major macroeconomics text by robert barro and vittorio grilli is written from a european perspective. We consider the role of a politicians age in italian municipal governments. Theory of mandated benefits and evidence from maternity leave policies, the journal of law and economics 55, no. I gratefully acknowledge funding from the office of tax policy research, the michigan institute for teaching and research in economics, and rackham graduate school at the university of michigan. University of michigan at ann arbor department of economics, government of the united states of america internal revenue service irs, george mason university school of policy, government, and international affairs, university of michigan, stephen m. Alesina, alberto, traviss cassidy, and ugo troiano.
Ross school of business assistant professor of economics. May 26, 2016 explicit economic incentives for example, a subsidy to contribute to a public good can sometimes crowd out generous and ethical motives. Ugo troiano, michigan, powered by the localist community event platform cornell university is a private research university that provides an exceptional education for undergraduates and graduate and professional students. Fiscal rules are laws aimed at reducing the incentive to accumulate debt, and many countries adopt them to discipline local governments. Economics department, university of michigan, more information at edirc national bureau of economic research nber, more information at edirc access statistics for papers by ugo troiano. This book examines how electoral laws, the timing of elections, the ideological orientation of governments, and the nature of competition between political parties influence unemployment, economic. Federal reserve bank of australia, research department, july 1989. International finance and openeconomy macroeconomics. This page is currently inactive and is retained for historical reference.
Ugo mattei born 1961 in turin, piedmont is the alfred and hanna fromm professor of international and comparative law at the university of california, hastings college of the law, in san francisco, california and a full professor of civil law in the university of turin, italy. A comparative study based on the state personal income tax ugo troiano. Nj international economics section at the department of economics of princeton university. Debra pospiech, daniel reck, ajay shenoy, david szymanski, ugo troiano, michelle weston, and eleanor wilking. Ugo troiano releases study, do taxes increase economic. He is also research associate at the office of tax policy research, ross school of business and faculty associate at the center for political studies, institute for social research. Assistant professor of economics, university of michigan. Intergovernmental cooperation and tax enforcement ebook. Hodge, ii, joel slemrod, and ugo troiano release paper, heard it through the grapevine.
University of milan department of economics, management and quantitative methods demm tommaso nannicini. Direct and network effects of a tax enforcement field. Ugo troiano department of economics university of michigan 611 tappan street, lorch hall 219 ann arbor, mi 48109. World bank, public economics division, julyaugust 1992. Efls archives page 5 of 6 culverhouse college of business. Published in volume 8, issue 3, pages of american economic journal. Social capital and political accountability by tommaso. A politicians age and policy vox, cepr policy portal. What was bad for general motors was bad for america.
Old and young politicians research papers in economics. Yehonatan givati and ugo troiano, law, economics, and culture. Woodrow wilson school and department of economics, princeton university. Faculty members from harvard business school and harvard graduate school of education launched the public education leadership project pelp to create and disseminate knowledge about how to manage urban school districts. Gould, richard holden, anup malani, sam peltzman, christopher snyder sponsored by the university of chicago booth school of business and the university of chicago law school. The automobile industry and the 193738 recession volume 76 issue 2 joshua k.
Fiscal rules are laws aimed at reducing the incentive to accumulate debt, and many countries adopt them to d. Kiel institute for world economics, may 1992, may 1994, february 1996, may 1999. The unfulfilled promise of advance tax rulings, virginia. David howell center for political studies cps blog page 2. Direct and network effects of a tax enforcement field experiment. When the term limit is not binding, younger mayors engage in political budget cycles more often than older mayors. Social capital, government expenditures and growth. Faculty research fellow, nber political economy and public economics. Boning w, j guyton, r hodge, j slemrod and u troiano 2018, heard it through the grapevine. The empirical question asked was, will there be a relationship between the amount of linguistic emphasis on sexdetermined gender and the average age of attaining gender identity in children, in a specific language.
Firm and establishment size distributions, finance and economics discussion series 2018075. Whereas existing studies analyse gender and education, this column discusses the effect of a politicians age on governance and reelection. Board of governors of the federal reserve system u. Does experiencing violent crime matter for social capital. These are citations from works listed in repec that could be analyzed mechanically. Comparative law and economics by ugo mattei 19970615 on.
Haunting us and european federalism 2014, journal of economic literature 52 4, 11721173. This post is part of a researcher profile series that explores how center for political studies cps researchers came to their work. In this survey of international finance and openeconomy macroeconomics, gandolfo succeeds in meeting the needs of advanced undergraduate or lowerlevel graduate students through a largely textual and graphical approach, while at the same time presenting in the appendices explicit mathematical analyses for more advanced. Ugo troiano recently published the national bureau of economic research nber working paper entitled, intergovernmental cooperation and tax enforcement. I wish to thank also shai bernstein, lorenzo casaburi, stefano giglio, ed knotek, david laibson, jacob leshno, logan t. So far, only a minority of all works could be analyzed. Ugo troiano is an assistant professor of economics at the university of michigan. Invited to revise, journal of the european economic association. When economic incentives crowd in social preferences vox. Economic development is the leading textbook in this field, providing a complete and balanced introduction to the requisite theory, the driving policy issues, and the latest research. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Dominick salvatores most popular book is international economics. The electoral response to a large anti tax evasion program, quarterly journal of economics.
Comparative law and economics by ugo mattei 19970615. Casaburi, l and u troiano 2016, ghosthouse busters. University of michigan at ann arbor department of economics. Development of the american economy, public economics, political economy. We thank jushan bai and serena ng for helpful discussions and ugo troiano for research assistance.
Economics has worked extensively in brazil, where his research analyzes links between education, labor markets, and income inequality. Focusing on the relationship between state income tax policies and the distribution of income, the results of this paper find that income inequality is raised after all the state. Professor in the economics department at university of michigan. This study attempted to explore the question whether sexdetermined grammatical gender loading in the native language will have an effect on the development of gender identity. It adopts an openeconomy approach and incorporates full treatment of european labour and financial institutions and markets, and covers the main macroeconomic theories and policy in. Evidence from the vas disability compensation program pp. Lewis, eduardo morales, ariel pakes, mike sinkinson, ugo troiano and numerous seminar participants for useful feedback and suggestions. All about boning, guyton, hodge, slemrod, troiano biography, books, articles, videos in european economic blogs.
Our results suggest that younger politicians are more likely to behave strategically in response to election incentives. Brown bag seminar centre for globalisation research blog. Ugo troiano in this paper, we empirically investigate a channel through which social capital may improve economic wellbeing and the functioning of institutions. Ugo troiano releases paper, intergovernmental cooperation. The electoral response to a large antitax evasion program, the quarterly journal of economics, oxford university press, vol. Melvyn levitsky international policy and practice was the u. Younger mayors are more likely to strategically increase expenditures and attract more transfers from the higher levels of government right before the election. Program on the development of the american economy, law and economics program, public economics program, political economy program improving the efficiency of tax collection is important for development and fairness purposes.
Thus younger politicians behave more strategically in response to electoral incentives, probably because they expect to have a longer political career and stronger career concerns. To revive discussion, seek broader input via a forum such as the village pump. Either the page is no longer relevant or consensus on its purpose has become unclear. The study implies that the banksefficiency scores give the policy makers a better picture of their relative performances it takes. Kevin binns, teyanna munyan and rebecca spavins provided excellent research assistance.
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Different characteristics of a politician could affect policy. Growing, shrinking, and long run economic performance. Today we profile ugo troiano, faculty associate in cps and assistant professor in the department of economics. Social capital, government expenditures and growth by giacomo a. Publicly shaming delinquent taxpayers vox, cepr policy. Department of economics university of michigan 611 tappan street, lorch hall 219. Old and young politicians, economica, london school of economics and political science, vol. Ugo troiano recently published the national bureau of economic research nber working paper entitled, do taxes increase economic inequality. He can discuss politics, economics, diplomacy and drug policy. In 1999, the italian central government introduced fiscal rules aimed at imposing fiscal discipline on municipal governments, and in 2001 the rules were relaxed for municipalities below 5,000 inhabitants.
When the term limit is not binding, younger mayors engage more often in political budget cycles than older mayors. A comparative study based on the state personal income tax, nber working papers 24175, national bureau of economic research, inc. Theory of mandated benefits and evidence from maternity leave policies, journal of law and economics, university of chicago press, vol. But when properly designed, can incentives crowd in these civic virtues. He is also research associate at the office of tax policy research, ross.
Citations many of the citations below have been collected in an experimental project, citec, where a more detailed citation analysis can be found. Studying the audit exchange information agreements, he finds that tax compliance is higher when there is more cooperation between different levels of government. Yet, their effectiveness is disputed because of commitment and enforcement problems. National bureau of economic research, improving the efficiency of tax collection is important for development and fairness purposes. Does experiencing violent crimes matter for social capital. In this paper, we investigate a channel through which social or civic capital may improve economic wellbeing and the functioning of institutions. Dominick salvatore has 76 books on goodreads with 3990 ratings. A comparative study based on the state personal income tax. Although most of the tax compliance literature focuses on tax evasion, a significant portion of the tax gap includes tax delinquencies. Grembi, veronica and nannicini, tommaso and troiano, ugo, do fiscal rules matter.
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