Title:Health Selection and the Effect of Smoking on Mortality
Author(s):ADDA, Jérôme; LECHENE, ValérieDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:We show that individuals who are in poorer health, independently from smoking, are more likely to start smoking and to smoke more cigarettes than those with better non-smoking health. We present evidence of selection, ...
Title:Heterogeneous Firms, `Profit Shifting‘ FDI and International Tax Competition
Author(s):KRAUTHEIM, Sebastian; SCHMIDT-EISENLOHR, TimDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:We develop a stylized model of international tax competition between a large country and a tax haven. In the large country, firms in a monopolistically competitive industry generate positive profits which can be taxed by ...
Title:Higher Education Reform and the Renewed Lisbon Strategy: Role of Member States and the European Commission
Author(s):VAN DER PLOEG, Frederick; VEUGELERS, ReinhildeDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:Discussions on problems in higher education in Europe typically focus on rising enrolment rates, access, governance, underperformance in research and teaching, lack of internationalisation, the lack of private and public ...
Title:Hiring Quality Labour
Author(s):HERRING, RobbinDate:1994Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECO
Title:The Home Bias of the Poor: Terms of Trade Effects and and Portfolios across the Wealth Distribution
Author(s):BROER, TobiasDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:Wealthier people generally hold a larger part of their savings in risky
assets. Using the US Survey of Consumer Finances, I show that wealthier
households also have a higher portfolio share of foreign assets. This ...