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Deterrence and reciprocity effects on tax compliance: experimental evidence from Venezuela
(CAF; Caracas, 2013)A recent debate on tax compliance asks whether enforcement mechanisms can be complemented, or even substituted by appeals to the taxpayer’s tax morality: his or her intrinsic willingness to pay taxes, motivated by purely ... -
Electoral Consequences of Violent Crime: Evidence from Venezuela
(CAF, 2014-05)To what extent to do voters hold political incumbents accountable for policy outcomes? This paper considers retrospective voting in the context of violent crime. Using a novel panel data set on county -and neighborhood- ... -
The impact of financial repression on interest rate spreads in Venezuela
(CAF; Caracas, 2009)This paper empirically examines the effect of financial repression on interest rates spreads in Venezuela. In order to have a measure of financial repression, we built an index that captures the opportunity cost of regulatory ... -
Working mothers and intergenerational mobility: evidence from sibling schooling gaps in Venezuela
(CAF; Caracas, 2011)This paper documents the change in intergenerational mobility over the 35 year period between 1975 and 2010 in Venezuela and finds that equality of opportunities increased significantly from the mid 1970's until around ...
