This article, based on two books (Barr and Diamond 2008, forthcoming), sets out a series of principles for pension design rooted in economic theory: pension systems have multiple objectives, analysis should consider the pension system as a whole, analysis should be framed in a second-best...

This report is the first policy study of the China Economic Research and AdvisoryProgramme, in which eminent economists from China and abroad have participated. Thereport focuses on the problems faced by China in the reform of its social security system.On the basis of economic principles and...

Neither economics nor political science can explain the process of modern social development. The fact that developed societies always have developed economies and developed polities suggests that the connection between economics and politics must be a fundamental part of the development...

Neither economics nor political science can explain the process of modern social development. The fact that developed societies always have developed economies and developed polities suggests that the connection between economics and politics must be a fundamental part of the development...

Zentraler Gegenstand der Arbeit sind die Steuerwirkungslehre sowie deren allokationstheoretischen Grundlagen und Implikationen. Auf der Basis eines allgemeinen Gleichgewichtsmodells werden die Auswirkungen unterschiedlicher Formen der Besteuerung auf die Ressourcen- und Einkommensverteilung...