Copyright (c) 2012 All rights reserved. http://works.bepress.com/francisco_javier_leturia_infante Recent documents in Francisco Javier Leturia Infante en-us Sat, 24 Nov 2012 03:54:59 PST 3600 http://works.bepress.com/francisco_javier_leturia_infante/8 http://works.bepress.com/francisco_javier_leturia_infante/8 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 01:25:26 PST Francisco Javier Leturia Infante et al. Law and Procedure http://works.bepress.com/francisco_javier_leturia_infante/7 http://works.bepress.com/francisco_javier_leturia_infante/7 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 01:21:24 PST Francisco Javier Leturia Infante et al. Law and Procedure http://works.bepress.com/francisco_javier_leturia_infante/6 http://works.bepress.com/francisco_javier_leturia_infante/6 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:19:01 PST Francisco Javier Leturia Infante Law and Procedure http://works.bepress.com/francisco_javier_leturia_infante/5 http://works.bepress.com/francisco_javier_leturia_infante/5 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:16:17 PST What determines whether state law is rational and efficient, or irrational and inefficient? State organizations suffer from agency problems that preclude effective motivation of people by formal means alone. Perhaps effective formal institutions depend on informal institutions. What is the effect of morality on law? This article distinguishes three effects of social norms on law: expression, internalization, and deterrence. The law, by influencing people's beliefs about what others will do, might play a crucial role in determining the outcome of the enforcement of social norms. Social interactions can have multiple equilibria whenever the net cost of obeying a norm decreases with the number of obedient people. A credible state can influence the choice of multiple equilibria among citizens by pronouncing the law: expression. When law aligns with social norms, the law can use state sanctions to supplement social sanctions: deterrence. If people tend to make moral commitments to increase their opportunities, then the state has only limited power to cause citizens to internalize values. Instead, the state should prompt family, friends, and colleagues to instill civic virtue in each other. In so far as family, friends, and colleagues prefer relationships with civic-minded people, individuals have an incentive to cultivate civic virtue: internalization. A better understanding of these effects can improve social control by overcoming agency problems in the modern state.

]]> Francisco Javier Leturia Infante Law ad Economics http://works.bepress.com/francisco_javier_leturia_infante/4 http://works.bepress.com/francisco_javier_leturia_infante/4 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:13:50 PST Francisco Javier Leturia Infante et al. Law and Procedure http://works.bepress.com/francisco_javier_leturia_infante/3 http://works.bepress.com/francisco_javier_leturia_infante/3 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:08:16 PST Francisco Javier Leturia Infante et al. Law and Procedure http://works.bepress.com/francisco_javier_leturia_infante/1 http://works.bepress.com/francisco_javier_leturia_infante/1 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:00:55 PST Durante el último año el país ha sido testigo de un intenso debate en torno al tema de la tributación minera. Este debate se plantea inicialmente por el cuestionamiento que realizan algunos sectores al régimen tributario aplicable a la actividad minera y al comportamiento de las empresas del sector en materias que incidirían en el monto de los impuestos que éstas enteran en arcas fiscales. A partir de supuestas ventajas tributarias de que gozaría la minería en Chile, y de los "abusos" en que incurrirían las mineras privadas, se ha promovido la idea de elevar la carga tributaria del sector. En el transcurso de la discusión, señalan los autores de este trabajo, ha quedado en evidencia el desconocimiento general acerca de la actividad minera, particularmente en lo relativo a la contribución que realiza el sector al desarrollo del país y al régimen tributario aplicable. El presente estudio se propone llenar parte de ese vacío y aportar antecedentes para un debate informado.

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