Tax exemptions for scholarship awards

Green Tax Reform in Sweden: The Second Dividend and the Cost of Tax Exemptions

This study assesses the cost of achieving pollution reductions using environmental taxes relative to using non-revenue-raising instruments. The cost of tax exemptions with or without employment constraints is also examined. Using a computable general equilibrium model of the Swedish economy a wide range of emission reduction target levels are examined. The study finds that the reduction of CO2 ...

Ecological Tax Reform with Exemptions for the Export Sector in a two Sector two Factor Model

The Effect of the Sales Tax on Retail Prices and Employment: Evidence from Exemptions on Clothing

Using frequent state and local policy revisions of apparel tax exemptions in Connecticut, New York and Vermont, I study how the sales tax affects the retail market for apparel. First, I present new evidence on the effect of the sales tax on pre-tax prices, the pass-through rate. Unlike the previous literature on this topic, I employ detailed item-level data on prices, use large good-specific ch...

Doctoral Student Awards for

Some of the most important questions in the area of decision making under uncertainty deal with individual decisions to conform to or violate norms of behavior. The decision to conform to a norm is complicated by uncertainty about the norms others hold (Bohnet and Zeckhauser, 2004) and strong inclinations to behave collectively Milgram (1977). (For the present purpose, we adopt the broad defini...

Changes to midwives exemptions.

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) exists to safeguard the health and well being of the public. We do this by maintaining a register of nurses and midwives and by setting standards for education and practice. This includes setting standards for administration, dispensing and storage of medicines. Midwives may, in the course of their professional practice, supply and administer on their own...