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Sustainability In The Curriculum And Teaching Of Economics: Transforming Introductory Macroeconomics, Madhavi Venkatesan Jan 2015

Sustainability In The Curriculum And Teaching Of Economics: Transforming Introductory Macroeconomics, Madhavi Venkatesan

Economics Faculty Publications

Present models of economic growth primarily focus on the role of expenditures as captured in the commonly cited economic indicator, gross domestic product (GDP), where GDP is defined as the sum of final goods and services sold within a country’s natural borders. Noting that a country’s expenditures are referred to as “aggregate expenditures” and that the majority of spending is specific to consumption or consumer spending, especially in the United States where this spending category is nearly two-thirds of annual GDP (other expenditure categories for GDP include investment spending, government spending and foreign spending as proxied by net exports), there …


Does Heterogeneity In Transfer Pricing Regulation Affect Foreign Direct Investment?, Quoc Hung Tran Jan 2014

Does Heterogeneity In Transfer Pricing Regulation Affect Foreign Direct Investment?, Quoc Hung Tran

Economics Faculty Publications

Does multinational firm take advantage of arbitrage opportunities when heterogeneity in transfer pricing regulations exist between home and host country? Using data on U.S. based multinational firms’ reinvestment earnings abroad as a proxy for FDI activity, provided by the BEA Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad and the Balance of Payments Survey, we analyze the effect of transfer pricing regulation of multination firm FDI’s decision. The analysis results provide no empirical evidence that differences in transfer pricing regulation between home and host country affect FDI activity by U.S. based multinational firms. Host country’s specific characteristics such as market size, distant …


Encouraging Filing: Tax Credits And Social Safety Nets, James Alm, Todd Cherry, Michael Mckee, Michael L. Jones Jan 2008

Encouraging Filing: Tax Credits And Social Safety Nets, James Alm, Todd Cherry, Michael Mckee, Michael L. Jones

Economics Faculty Publications

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Taxpayer Services And Tax Compliance, James Alm, Michael L. Jones, Michael Mckee Jan 2007

Taxpayer Services And Tax Compliance, James Alm, Michael L. Jones, Michael Mckee

Economics Faculty Publications

An important trend in tax administration policies in recent years is the recognition that the traditional “enforcement” paradigm of tax administration, in which taxpayers are viewed and treated as potential criminals and the emphasis is exclusively on repression of illegal behavior through frequent audits and stiff penalties, is incomplete. A revised “service” paradigm recognizes the role of enforcement, but also emphasizes the role of the tax administration as a facilitator and a provider of services to taxpayer-citizens (Alm and Martinez-Vazquez, 2003). Indeed, many recent tax administration reforms around the world have also embraced this alternative paradigm with some success. However, …