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Combining Rights and Welfarism: A New Approach to Intertemporal Evaluation of Social Alternatives
Long, Ngo Van; Martinet, Vincent - CESifo - 2012
We propose a new criterion which reflects both the concern for welfare (utility) and the concern for rights in the evaluation of economic development paths. The concern for rights is captured by a pre-ordering over combinations of thresholds (floors or ceilings on various quantitative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651182
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Aggregate Investment Expenditureson Tradable and Nontradable Goods
Bems, Rudolfs - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
correlates positively with income and exhibits large differences across space and time, our findings suggest that tradable and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248190
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Macroeconomics of Migration in New Member States
Bems, Rudolfs; Schellekens, Philip - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
This paper examines the macroeconomic impact of migration on income convergence in the EU's New Member States (NMS …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825900
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Optimal Piecewise Linear Income Taxation
Apps, Patricia; Long, Ngo Van; Rees, Ray - CESifo - 2009
attention in the literature on optimal income taxation. This paper offers a simple and transparent analysis of its main …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181304
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Current Account and Precautionary Savings for Exporters of Exhaustible Resources
Bems, Rudolfs; Filho, Irineu E. Carvalho - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
Exporters of exhaustible resources have historically exhibited higher income volatility than other economies … exhaustible resource revenues in future income. The parameterized model fares well at capturing current account balances in both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599611