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Ács, Zoltán J. - 2002

structure, innovation and firm size 98 -- 7 Employment growth in metropolitan areas 115 -- 8 Employment, wages and R …This new and original book by Zoltan Acs explores the relationship between industrial innovation and economic growth at … the growth of cities by the use of endogenous growth theory …

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Knowledge, technological catch-up and economic growth

Rogers, Mark - 2003

Knowledge, Technological Catch-up and Economic Growth investigates the relationship between knowledge diffusion and … economic growth. Using a broad definition of knowledge - encompassing technology, production skills, know-how and firm … growth. Mark Rogers uses both neoclassical and endogenous growth models to construct testable hypotheses in order to gauge …

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Economic growth and environmental policy : a theoretical approach

Hettich, Frank - 2000

innovative book, Frank Hettich uses dynamic modelling to study the interactions between economic growth, environmental policy and … tax reform. He incorporates pollution and abatement technologies into different endogenous growth models that take into … economic growth? * does environmental taxation provide an efficient source of revenue for governments? * how will higher …

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Human Capital Flight : Impact of Migrationon Income and Growth

International Monetary Fund - 1994

such immigration on growth and incomes. In the context of a two-country endogenous growth model with heterogeneous agents … because of differences in income tax rates or technology, can bring about a reduction in the steady state growth rate of the … country of emigration. Additionally, permanent difference in the growth rates as well as incomes between the two countries can …

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Optimal Taxation Policies in the EMS : A Two-Country Model of Public Finance

International Monetary Fund - 1989

This paper analyzes, in a public finance context, how the optimal use of the inflation and the consumption tax is affected by incorporating into the model constraints on policy decisions that are likely to develop in the context of the EMS by 1992. Two main questions are addressed: first, how...

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Modelling indirect taxes and tax reform

Creedy, John - 1999

Indirect taxes have become an increasingly important revenue-raising tool for governments in developed countries. In this book, John Creedy applies his wealth of experience and expertise to the analysis of indirect taxes and, in particular, concentrates on the modelling of indirect tax reform...

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Welfare Effects of Uzbekistan's Foreign Exchange Regime

International Monetary Fund - 2000

In addition to transferring about 16 percent of GDP from exporters to importers, Uzbekistan’s quasi-fiscal multiple exchange rate regime generates identifiable welfare losses of 2-8 percent of GDP on import markets and up to 15 percent on export markets. These excess burdens have increased...

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Terms of Trade Disturbances, Real Exchange Rates, and Welfare : The Role of Capital Controls and Labor Market Distortions

International Monetary Fund - 1989

Many arguments that have been advanced in favor of maintaining capital controls within the EC have not paid sufficient attention to the welfare consequences of this type of market intervention. Our paper provides a simple, optimizing framework in which the welfare consequences of capital...

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The Welfare Effects of Public Expenditure Programs Reconsidered

International Monetary Fund - 1989

The paper proposes a new welfare-based measure to evaluate the distributive effects of public programs. The proposed measure differs from traditional approaches in two important ways: first, it is based on life-cycle considerations, since most public expenditure programs have an intertemporal...

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Pricing in road transport : a multi-disciplinary perspective

Verhoef, Erik T. (contributor) - 2008

Transport pricing is high on the political agenda throughout the world, but as the authors illustrate, governments seeking to implement this often face challenging questions and significant barriers. The associated policy and research questions cannot always be addressed adequately from a...

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