Die akute Wohnraumverknappung Ende der achtziger Jahre veranlaßte den Gesetzgeber zu einer Reihe von Maßnahmen im Rahmen der Einkommensteuer. Im Vordergrund stand das Ziel der raschen Vergrößerung des Wohnraumangebotes. Die Förderung erfolgt mit Milliardenaufwand. In dieser Arbeit wird...

This paper investigates unemployment and labour market rigidities in OECD countries in 1983-1994. The central issue is the taxation-unemployment relationship and whether this relationship is exogenous or simultaneously determined. Hausman specification tests indicate that the impact of taxation...

The flat income tax has become increasingly popular recently, yet its implementation is limited to Eastern Europe. We analyse the distributional and efficiency eects of flat tax scenarios for Western European countries. Our simulations show that flat tax rates required to attain revenue...

The paper analyzes the optimal mix of capital and wage taxation when policymakers maximize the political support of workers and capitalists, subject to a fixed revenue requirement. Capital market integration increases the efficiency costs of a tax on capital but simultaneously changes the...