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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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Economic integration and development : has regionalism delivered for developing countries?
Kreinin, Mordechai Elihau - 2002
1. Introduction and summary -- 2. The theory of preferential trading arrangements : an overview -- 3. Measuring the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420102
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Measuring WTO's contributions to global economic welfare
Anderson, Kym - 2014
International Economics 73: 309-332 -- Bagwell, Kyle and Robert W. Staiger (1999), 'An Economic Theory of GATT', American Economic …: 283-313 -- Bhagwati, Jagdish N. (1971), 'The Generalized Theory of Distortions and Welfare', pp. 69-90 in Trade, Balance … (2003), Trade and the Environment: Theory and Evidence, Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press -- Corden, W. Max (1963 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852227
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The minimum wage revisited in the enlarged EU
Vaughan-Whitehead, Daniel (contributor) - 2010
/ Danijel Nestic -- 4. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania: minimum wages in a context of migration and labour shortages / Jaan Masso … for minimum wages on low-wage work? / Gerhard Bosch. and Thorsten Kalina -- 7. Greece: neglect and resurgence of minimum …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850870
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The living wage : lessons from the history of economic thought
Stabile, Donald - 2008
Introduction : the living wage -- Sustainability : subsistence, necessities, and unions -- Capability : work and wages …, virtue and skill -- Externality, community and wages -- Lessons from the history of economic thought …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851114
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Pricing in road transport : a multi-disciplinary perspective
Verhoef, E. 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850667
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473900
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The economics of tourism and sustainable development
Lanza, Alessandro (contributor); Markandya, Anil (contributor) - 2005
1. An investigation on the growth performance of small tourism countries -- 2. Forecasting international tourism demand and uncertainty for Barbados, Cyprus and Fiji -- 3. Land, environmental externalities and tourism development -- 4. Tourism, increasing returns and welfare -- 5. How to develop...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420059
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Entrepreneurship in developing countries
Beck, Thorsten (contributor) - 2009
Recommended readings (Machine generated): Philippe Aghion and Patrick Bolton (1997), 'A Theory of Trickle-Down Growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852297
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The environment, sustainable development, and public policies : building sustainability in Brazil
Cavalcanti, Clóvis de Vasconcelos (ed.) - 2000
This book presents an interdisciplinary perspective on the possibility of creating a sustainable path of economic development which would not harm the natural environment. It presents concepts, theories, methods and policy advice on sustainability and debates the difficulty in establishing a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473831