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Fiscal policy and social welfare : an analysis of alternative tax and transfer systems
Creedy, John - 1996
In Fiscal Policy and Social Welfare John Creedy examines alternative tax and transfer systems and their redistributive effects. Drawing on original research, this volume concentrates on modelling tax structures and their implications for social welfare and income distribution. After reviewing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473921
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The economic approach to environmental policy : the selected essays of A. Myrick Freeman III
Freeman, A. Myrick - 1998
The Economic Approach to Environmental Policy draws together a selection of Myrick Freeman's most influential papers on key analytical and policy issues in the field of environmental economics. The papers collected in this significant volume cover a wide range of topics pertinent to the study of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473964
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Tax compliance and tax morale : a theoretical and empirical analysis
Torgler, Benno - 2007
The question of why citizens pay their taxes has attracted increased attention in the tax compliance literature of late. In this book, Benno Torgler considers the evidence that suggests that enforcement efforts cannot fully explain the high degree of tax compliance within society. To attempt to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420106
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A dynamic theory of taxation : integrating Kalecki into modern public finance
Laramie, Anthony J. - 2000
stability without affecting income equality. Immediately following the publication of Keynes's General Theory, Kalecki … recognized that the theory of tax had to be re-thought, as aggregate income could no longer be thought of as fixed with respect … without having a negative impact on equity. They incorporate Kalecki's theory of tax incidence into an analysis of income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473969
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Taxation and the promotion of human happiness : an essay
Norman, George Warde - 2009
George Warde Norman was a Director of the Bank of England from 1821 to 1872, a key figure behind the Bank Charter Act of 1844, and one of the founders of the Political Economy Club. In 1821 G.W. Norman began an essay on taxation as part of the utilitarian programme. His vision was for increased...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474056
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Firm size, innovation, and market structure : the evolution of industry concentration and instability
Mazzucato, Mariana - 2000
Firm Size, Innovation and Market Structure uses evolutionary dynamic theory, non-linear mathematics and computer … simulation techniques to explore the relationship between firm size, innovation and market structure. The book begins by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473868
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The Kennedy-Johnson tax cut : a revisionist history
Prachowny, Martin F. J. - 2000
The 1964 Kennedy-Johnson tax cut is often cited as the single most successful application of Keynesian stabilization policy. The author challenges this orthodox historical view by exposing the haphazard planning, simplistic economic theorizing, irreconcilable numerical projections, and partisan...
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Taxing the working poor : the political origins and economic consequences of taxing low wages
Kemmerling, Achim - 2009
In most industrialized countries the tax burden of poor people has increased dramatically over the last few decades. This book analyses both the political origins of this increase and its consequences for the labour market
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850803
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Tax and transfer policy using behavioural microsimulation modelling : design and evaluation
Creedy, John; Mok, Penny - 2022
"Combining theoretical and practical aspects of policy analysis, this book evaluates actual and proposed policy reforms to income tax and transfer systems, using a behavioural tax microsimulation model. It highlights how these models allow for the full details of tax systems and the considerable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013331161
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Inequality, consumer credit and the saving puzzle
Brown, Christopher - 2008
. While synthesizing the Keynesian theory of consumption with the Institutional theory of habit selection (brought up to date …1. Consumer credit and effective demand -- 2. The household debt surge and the theory of habit selection -- 3. A brief …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850819