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How would the design of an alternative minimum tax impact the effective corporate tax rate in Belgium?

Daxbek, Vincent; Estache, Antonio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

tax (AMT) in Belgium with a focus on the impact on various distortions margins. In the process, we provide an up-to date … better off under an asset based AMT than under an income based AMT. But any decision on the AMT in Belgium is likely to be …

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Efficiency and Equity Effects of Taxing the Financial Sector: Lessons from a CGE Model for Belgium

Chisari, Omar; Estache, Antonio; Nicodème, Gaëtan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

This paper assesses the effects of applying VAT or a sales tax on (intermediate or final) sales of the financial sector. It uses a CGE Model calibrated for a small open economy. It highlights the differentiated sectoral and redistributional effects of these taxes and shows the importance of the...

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Trade Crisis? What Trade Crisis?

Behrens, Kristian; Corcos, Gregory; Mion, Giordano - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

We provide an analysis of the 2008-2009 trade collapse using microdata from a small open economy, Belgium. First, we …

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Micro-Modelling of Retirement in Belgium

Dellis, Arnaud; Jousten, Alain; Perelman, Sergio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

The present Paper studies the retirement incentives for elderly people in Belgium. We model the incentive structure …

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Economic Growth in Post-War Belgium

Cassiers, Isabelle; De Ville, Philippe; Solar, Peter - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

The growth of the Belgian economy since 1945 is surveyed with emphasis on the distinction between open and sheltered sectors. Relatively slow growth to around 1960 is explained by a move away from traditionally liberal industrial policies that began in the crisis of the 1930s, by the squeeze on...

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Competition Policy in Switzerland

Neven, Damien J; von Ungern-Sternberg, Thomas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

This paper provides a critical review of competition policy in Switzerland. We analyse the legal statute, the …

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Regional Treatment Intensity as an Instrument for the Evaluation of Labour Market Policies

Fröhlich, Markus; Lechner, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

The effects of active labour market policies (ALMP) on individual employment chances and earnings are evaluated by non-parametric instrumental variables based on Swiss administrative data with detailed regional information. Using an exogenous variation in the participation probabilities across...

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Does Subsidized Temporary Employment Get the Unemployed Back to Work? An Econometric Analysis of Two Different Schemes

Gerfin, Michael; Lechner, Michael; Stieger, Heidi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

schemes of subsidized temporary employment implemented in Switzerland. One scheme operates as a non-profit employment …

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International Portfolio Holdings and Swiss Franc Asset Returns

Kugler, Peter; Weder di Mauro, Beatrice - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

This Paper revisits the puzzle of low returns on Swiss franc assets using a new dataset of international portfolio holdings at Swiss banks. The main findings are as follows. First, we find that the return anomaly is present only for fixed income assets and not for equity. Second, it is mostly...

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Volatile Top Income Shares in Switzerland? Reassessing the Evolution Between 1981 and 2009

Foellmi, Reto; Martínez, Isabel Z. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

We study the recent evolution of top incomes in Switzerland, analyzing both social security data on labor incomes and ….01 percent’s share even doubled, putting Switzerland similar to European countries for the top 1 percent group but closer to the … suggests that labor incomes have become more important among top income earners in Switzerland. This is in line with findings …

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