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Globalization and the Right to Free Association and Collective

Neumayer, Eric; Soysa, Indra de - EconWPA - 2004

Economies that are more open to trade and foreign direct investment face greater competitive pressure than closed ones. Globalization critics are concerned that this pressure induces countries to lower labor standards in order to remain competitive and retain or attract foreign investment....

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Wage trends and deflation risks in Germany and Europe

Hein, Eckhard; Schulten, Thorsten; Truger, Achim - EconWPA - 2004

Based on a post-Keynesian model of the relationship between wages, prices and employment, this paper begins by studying the extent to which unit labour cost trends have been responsible for disinflation and deflationary tendencies in Germany and Europe. Thereafter, the reasons for the...

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Unemployment, wages and collective bargaining in the European Union

Hein, Eckhard; Schulten, Thorsten - EconWPA - 2004

The paper questions the predominant view on unemployment and wages in the European Un-ion according to which high unemployment is primarily caused by labour market rigidities, i.e. social institutions and regulations which prevent “market-clearing” real wage levels and structures. It is...

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Personal Income Tax Reform and Revenue Potential in Transition

Bogetic, Zeljko; Hassan, Fareed - EconWPA - 2005

The paper uses the 1992 household survey for Bulgaria to show poor revenue performance of the income tax structure prevailing in 1992, which did not take into account the underlying distribution of income. The paper shows that Bulgaria can benefit from a much lower and simpler income tax rate...

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The Impact of Inflation on Income Tax and Social Insurance Contributions in Europe

Immervoll, Herwig - EconWPA - 2003

Inflation can alter the characteristics of tax- and contribution systems in numerous ways. This paper demonstrates how inflation alters the distributive properties of nominally defined tax systems and looks at the impact of the tax revenues and social insurance contribution receipts generated....

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¿Es progresivo aumentar el mínimo no imponible del Impuesto a las Ganancias?

Marongiu, Federico; Dborkin, Daniela - EconWPA - 2005

Uno de los aspectos más controvertidos del debate en el Congreso de la Nación sobre las prórrogas impositivas es el que se refiere al aumento del mínimo no imponible del Impuesto a las Ganancias. Mientras que el Poder Ejecutivo Nacional elevó un proyecto de ley que mantiene el mínimo...

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Potential Effects of Selected Taxation Provisions on the Environment

Douglas, Robert - EconWPA - 2003

To help explain some of the issues and examine the potential environmental impacts (positive and/or negative) of selected tax arrangements, the Productivity Commission sought advice from Robert Douglas, a specialist in the field. This consultant’s report makes a contribution to understanding...

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Cointegration in Frequency Domain

Levy, Daniel - EconWPA - 2004

Existence of a cointegration relationship between two time series in the time domain imposes restrictions on the series …

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Assessing Forecast Performance in a VEC Model: An Empirical Examination

Bragoudakis, Zacharias - EconWPA - 2005

This paper is an exercise in applied macroeconomic forecasting. We examine the forecasting power of a vector error-correction model (VECM) that is anchored by a long-run equilibrium relationship between Greek national income and productive public expenditure as suggested by the economic theory....

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Testing Cointegration Rank in Large Systems

Pu, Chen; Chihying, Hsiao - EconWPA - 2005

In this paper we investigate the possibility of the application of subsampling procedure for testing cointegration … distribution and nuisance parameters in testing for cointegration rank without an explicitly formulated structural model. The … cointegration rank in large scale models, where the standard procedures hits already its limit. Especially for the cases of few …

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