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We exploit the unexpected announcement of an immediate, temporary VAT cut in Germany in the second half of 2020 as a natural experiment to study the spending response to unconventional fiscal policy. We use survey and scanner data on households' consumption expenditures and their perceived...
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Unconventional fiscal policy uses announcements of future increases in consumption taxes to generate inflation expectations and accelerate consumption expenditure. It is budget neutral and time consistent. We exploit a unique natural experiment for an empirical test of the effectiveness of...
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We analyze the dynamic macroeconomic effects of border adjustment taxes, both when they are a feature of corporate tax reform (C-BAT) and for the case of value added taxes (VAT). Our analysis arrives at the following main conclusions. First, C-BAT is unlikely to be neutral at the macroeconomic...
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Deutschland hat in den Jahren 2006 und 2007 im europäischen Vergleich beachtliche wirtschaftliche Fortschritte gemacht … durch Strukturreformen für mehr Beschäftigung und Wachstum in Deutschland gesorgt. Schätzungsweise rund ein Drittel der … Deutschland zum Drittel mit dem strengsten Beschäftigungsschutz. Zudem erschweren vergleichsweise hohe Arbeitskosten und …
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