In most industrialized countries the tax burden of poor people has increased dramatically over the last few decades …1. Introduction -- 2. A comparative welfare state analysis of tax mixes -- 3. The economics of taxing labour -- 4 …. Political economy applied to tax mixes -- 5. Empirical evaluation -- 6. Conclusion : employment and redistribution are not …

interregional setting. He models how regional governments, using tax rates on real capital and pollutant emissions, determine …. Regions or countries engage in competition for mobile capital in a world where production causes pollution and tax revenues …

developments in institutional theory are illustrated by using a case study of institutional change in the regulation of water use …

indirect tax system in Australia * examines the horizontal inequity of different consumption taxes * considers the optimal …, concentrates on the modelling of indirect tax reform and its distributional implications. Initially, he examines the implications … of alternative indirect tax systems and provides an introductory survey of various measures of welfare change and excess …

of efforts at endangered species protection in Australia and New Zealand as well as current developments in the United …

Examining the taxation and regulation of banks, this book highlights the views of practitioners, tax experts, policy … covers the topical issues of whether the EU should introduce a financial transactions, 'Tobin' or 'Robin Hood' tax and … financial activities tax, could be used to ensure that big banks make a 'true and fair' contribution to their insurance by …

efficiency and equity effects of tax smoothing, and potential new effects of population ageing on labour productivity …

achieve a variety of economic and social objectives. Today many governments use the tax system to stimulate economic growth … long-term sustainable environmental policy. Currently, in the debate on global warming, the use of tax instruments to … empirical information, while at the same time presenting an overview of the latest theory and best practices. In doing so, many …

and implications for PTA Design / Russell Hillberry -- Multilateralism and FTAs : a Chinese perspective on an Australia …-China FTA / Dashu Wang -- Manufacturing products and related issues in a free trade agreement between China and Australia … -- Resources sector and foreign investment / Yinhua Mai and Philip Adams -- Intellectual property in a possible China-Australia …