Journal: Oxford Review of Economic Policy

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Oxf. Rev. Econ. Policy

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Oxford University Press

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0266-903X
1460-2121

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  • Entrepreneurship: an assessment
    Item type: Journal Article
    Mayer, Colin; Siegel, Donald S.; Wright, Mike (2018)
    Oxford Review of Economic Policy
    This article reviews evidence of the impact of entrepreneurship on job creation, gender and race discrimination, university spin-offs, growth, economic geography, finance and the public sector. It defines entrepreneurship, corrects some conventional wisdoms about it and discusses policy implications of the evidence on its determinants and effects. The article suggests that the distinctive nature of entrepreneurship raises theoretical, empirical and policy issues that the existing literature has not even begun to address to date.
  • Does a progressive wealth tax reduce top wealth inequality? Evidence from Switzerland
    Item type: Journal Article
    Marti, Samira; Martínez, Isabel Z.; Scheuer, Florian (2023)
    Oxford Review of Economic Policy
    Like in many other countries, wealth inequality has increased in Switzerland over the last 50 years. By providing new evidence on cantonal top wealth shares for each of the 26 cantons since 1969, we show that the overall trend masks striking differences across cantons, both in levels and trends. Combining this with variation in cantonal wealth taxes, we then estimate an event study model to identify the dynamic effects of reforms to top wealth tax rates on the subsequent evolution of wealth concentration. Our results imply that a reduction in the top marginal wealth tax rate by 0.1 percentage points increases the top 1 per cent (0.1 per cent) wealth share by 0.9 (1.2) percentage points 5 years after the reform. This suggests that wealth tax cuts over the last 50 years explain roughly 18 per cent (25 per cent) of the increase in wealth concentration among the top 1 per cent (0.1 per cent).
  • On-going board reforms
    Item type: Journal Article
    Hertig, Gerard (2005)
    Oxford Review of Economic Policy
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