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The terms of reference for the inquiry on First Home Ownership asked the Commission to evaluate the affordability and availability of housing for first home buyers. The Commission’s preliminary findings were released for public comment in December. In its final assessment, the Commission...
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Universal social benefits seem to contradict important notions in economics. They are poorly targeted and must be paid for by what seem to be high taxes. This paper describes the costs of universality and then proposes two competing explanations for why an electorate might wish to pay these...
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which consists of taxes and seignorage, and distributes its eventual budget surpluses through transfers to individuals … extended model, and prove that there exists a monetary equilibrium with no transfers. Moreover, we show that if the price level … is high enough, a monetary equilibrium with positive transfers exists. …
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The following study analyzes the impact of demographic developments in Austria on the long-term average real interest rate, funded pension provision and the implications of demographic developments for the stability of the financial system. The key results of this study are twofold: (1)...
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This chapter analyzes the effects of an aging population on individual skill choices and the production structure by … means of a dynamic general equilibrium model with overlapping generations and probabilistic aging. The model allows for … labor gives a boost to GDP. Hence, the often cited adverse effects of aging are mitigated and can be overcome when taking …
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