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Financial Support for Families with Children and Its Trade-Offs: Balancing Redistribution and Parental Work Incentives
Authors: Michal Myck, Anna Kurowska and Michal Kundera, CenEA. Reforms of tax-benefit system of financial support for fa…
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Liquidity and Monetary Policy in Belarus
High inflation and devaluation expectations after the 2011 currency crisis force Belarusian monetary authorities to seek…
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Reputation for Quality and Entry in Procurement: Is there a Trade-Off?
How much weight should be given to past performance indicators when selecting contractors? Does a large weight assigned…
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Increasing Resources for Families with Children Through the Tax System: Recent Reform Proposals from Poland
This brief discusses the consequences of a recent reform proposal that aims to redistribute resources to low-income fami…
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Can Public Enforcement of Competition Policy Increase Distortions in the Economy?
Authors: Vasiliki Bageri, University of Athens, Yannis Katsoulacos, Univeristy of Athens, and Giancarlo Spagnolo, SITE.…
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This policy brief summarizes common trends in the development of health care systems in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, an…
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Development Policy After the Millennium Development Goals: Where Do We Go From Here?
This policy brief reports on a discussion of the Post-2015 Development Agenda held during a full day conference at the S…
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Alcohol Consumption and Mortality
Many studies have shown that alcohol consumption is the main cause of death among working age Russian males and, in part…
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Can Anti-Smoking Campaigns Increase Obesity? Evidence from Belarus
Authors: Aliaksandr Amialchuk, University of Toledo, and Kateryna Bornukova, BEROC. In this brief, we discuss the possib…
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