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market outcome exhibits inefficient production and inefficient entry. A policy mix of three popular regulatory instruments—taxation … on polluters, feed-in tariffs for clean entrants, and taxation of consumption—cannot correct these two market failures …
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Economic models of climate policy (or policies to combat other environmental problems) typically neglect psychological adaptation to changing life circumstances. People may adapt or become more sensitive, to different degrees, to a deteriorated environment. The present paper addresses these...
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yields additional insights. Firms more subject to market forces exhibit greater price sensitivity. The price elasticity is …
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We revisit the classical result that financing a pure public good through taxation of private consumption is …
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This paper examines the impact of thin capitalization rules that limit the tax deductibility of interest on the capital structure of the foreign affiliates of US multinationals. We construct a new data set on thin capitalization rules in 54 countries for the period 1982-2004. Using confidential...
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Mobility of highly-skilled workers affects and is affected by labor market conditions, taxes, and other policies. This paper documents the demographic and fiscal importance of international migration, especially in aging societies, reviews the efficiency and distributional effects of mobility,...
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two tax systems came about. Taxation is only feasible when men and land can be linked as a single bundle. Taxation of land … is not feasible without men, and taxation of men is not feasible without land. A tax maximizing bureaucrat has to combine …
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proportional taxation increases the cost of self-control, and that this adverse effect is more acute when public pensions become …
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, LIS, to estimate labour supply elasticities, both at the intensive and extensive margin. The benefit of the data is that … a systematic way. The results do not provide clear support to the view that elasticities at the macro level would be … higher than corresponding micro elasticities. …
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, elasticity of substitution between factors and mark-up on final prices. In addition, policy strategies favouring tax increases on …
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