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In this paper we calibrate the social cost of optimal taxes in a class of imperfectly competitive economies and examine the correspondence of this social cost with the number of tax instruments and the number and the sources of distortions. We calibrate the Ramsey equilibrium for three standard...
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This paper studies implementation of the social optimum in a model of habit formation. We consider taxes that address inefciencies due to negative consumption externalities, imperfect competition, and self-control problems. Our contributions are to: i) account for producers market power; and ii)...
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This paper focuses on the trade-off faced by governments in deciding the allocation of public expenditures between productivity-enhancing public infrastructures and utility-enhancing public consumption. From the modeling point of view, the paper augments a standard New Open Economy...
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This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of welfare effects under multiple policy interventions and non-governmental external changes. Specifically, in relation to multi-dimensional pass-through, we provide “sufficient statistics” formulas for welfare measures under a fairly general...
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In a small open developing country context, the author considers a three-sector general equilibrium framework and tries to find out the effects of foreign capital inflow on welfare of the country. Comparative-static results show that foreign capital inflow widens the skilled-unskilled wage gap...
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In a small open developing country context, the author considers a three-sector general equilibrium framework and tries to find out the effects of foreign capital inflow on welfare of the country. Comparative-static results show that foreign capital inflow widens the skilled-unskilled wage gap...
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