Essays about: "factor market distortions"
Found 3 essays containing the words factor market distortions.
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1. Allocational efficiency in the Swedish economy across sectors and time
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : Resource misallocation between firms can lower total factor productivity (TFP) in an economy. In this thesis I develop an approach to measuring the productivity impact from misallocation based on previous literature. READ MORE
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2. Land Restitution in Colombia - Prospects of Increasing Agricultural Productivity
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This study concerns the prospects of the Victims and Land Restitution Law in Colombia, of successfully contribution in increasing agricultural productivity, through a restitution of land to the victims of the country’s armed conflict. According to the theory of Giovanni Andrea Cornia very small-sized farms and large-sized farms have a lower relative productivity than middle-sized farms, due to the formers’ lesser ability of absorbing the excess labour supply caused by the strong incentives to the large landowners to keep land unutilized. READ MORE
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3. Is Ireland's Corporate Tax-System Creating Tax Induced Distortions on the Location of Investment?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Conventional wisdom suggests, in the face of deepening European integration, that without some form of tax harmonisation "a race to the bottom" would ensue undermining the foundations of Europe's welfare states. Such wisdom can be questioned on two grounds. READ MORE
