Browsing Faculty of Arts and Sciences by Keyword "capital"

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    • The Effect of Corporate Taxes on Investment and Entrepreneurship 

      Shleifer, Andrei; Djankov, Simeon; McLiesh, Caralee; Rmalho, Rita; Ganser, Tim Christian (American Economic Association, 2010)
      We present new data on effective corporate income tax rates in 85 countries in 2004. The data come from a survey, conducted jointly with PricewaterhouseCoopers, of all taxes imposed on "the same" standardized mid-size ...

    • Investment Hangover and the Great Recession 

      Rognlie, Matthew; Shleifer, Andrei; Simsek, Alp (2014)
      We present a model of investment hangover motivated by the Great Recession. In our model, overbuilding of residential capital requires a reallocation of productive resources to nonresidential sectors, which is facilitated ...

    • Making a Workforce, Unmaking a Working Class: The Creation of a Human Capital Society in Houston, 1900-1980 

      Etheridge, Bryant Lucien (2014-06-06)
      This dissertation explains how increased educational attainment became the most politically viable means of reducing economic inequality in the postwar United States. Using Houston as a case study, the dissertation argues ...