Ecological taxes in some European countries

correlations between cutaneous malignant melanoma and other cancers: an ecological study in forty european countries

background: the presence of noncutaneous neoplasms does not seem to increase the risk of cutaneous malignant melanoma; however, it seems to be associated with the development of other hematological, brain, breast, uterine, and prostatic neoplasms. an ecological transversal study was conducted to study the geographic association between cutaneous malignant melanoma and 24 localizations of cancer...

What Shapes Attitudes Toward Paying Taxes? Evidence from Multicultural European Countries

What Shapes Attitudes Toward Paying Taxes? Evidence from Multicultural European Countries Considerable evidence suggests that enforcement efforts cannot fully explain the high degree of tax compliance. To resolve this puzzle of tax compliance several researchers have argued that citizens’ attitudes toward paying taxes defined as tax morale helps to explain the high degree of tax compliance. How...

Prevalence of hepatitis A across various countries in the Middle East, African and Eastern European countries

Discussion of “ Do taxes explain European employment ?

There are two ways to read the paper by Ljungqvist and Sargent (and these two ways are reflected in the two parts of the title). First, as a response to Prescott’s argument about labor supply and taxes. Second, as an exploration of the implications of heterogeneity for aggregate labor supply. While the first clearly provided the motivation for the paper, I believe the second is likely to prove ...

Concern about passive smoking and tobacco control policies in European countries: An ecological study

BACKGROUND Because of the magnitude of the global tobacco epidemic, the World Health Organisation developed the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), an international legally binding treaty to control tobacco use. Adoption and implementation of specific tobacco control measures within FCTC is an outcome of a political process, where social norms and public opinion play important roles...