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Taxation in the global economy : [papers presented at a conference, held in Nassau, the Bahamas on 23 - 25 February 1989]

Razin, Asaf (ed.); Razin, Assaf (ed.) - 1990 - 1. [print.]

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Deficits with Distortionary Taxes : International Dimensions

Frenkel, Jacob A. - 1986

mechanism depend critically on the precise composition of taxes. Specifically, the international effects of budget deficits of a … given size differ sharply according to the types of taxes used to generate the deficit. We show that in determining the … effects of taxes it is useful to divide the various distortionary taxes into two groups: those that stimulate current external …

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Fiscal Policies and Real Exchange Rates in the World Economy

Frenkel, Jacob A. - 1986

-distortionary taxes and for various patterns of government spending, it is shown that the quantitative and qualitative effects of fiscal … and tax structure, including the timing of taxes and borrowing and the types of taxes used to finance the budget, on the …

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Tax Competition and Migration : The Race-to-the-Bottom Hypothesis Revisited

Razin, Assaf - 2011

Oates reminds us that tax competition among localities in the presence of capital mobility, may lead to inefficiently low tax rates (and benefits). In contrast, the Tiebout paradigm suggests that tax competition yields an efficient outcome, so that there are no gains from tax coordination. This...

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Investment in Energy Infrastructure and the Tax Code

Metcalf, Gilbert E. - 2009

Federal tax policy provides a broad array of incentives for energy investment. I review those policies and construct estimates of marginal effective tax rates for different energy capital investments as of 2007. Effective tax rates vary widely across investment classes. I then consider...

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Tax Policies for Low-Carbon Technologies

Metcalf, Gilbert E. - 2009

key policy goals with subsidies as opposed to using taxes to raise the price of pollution-related activities. In …

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Analysis of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Tax Proposals

Metcalf, Gilbert E. - 2008

The U.S. Congress is considering a set of bills designed to limit the nation's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This paper complements the analysis by Paltsev et al. (2007) of cap-and-trade bills and applies the MIT Emissions Prediction and Policy Analysis (EPPA) model to carry out an analysis of...

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Using Tax Expenditures to Achieve Energy Policy Goals

Metcalf, Gilbert E. - 2008

Tax expenditures are a major source of support for energy related activities in the federal budget exceeding direct budget support for energy by a factor of nearly six. Focusing on the policy goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and petroleum consumption, I find these tax expenditures...

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Federal Tax Policy Towards Energy

Metcalf, Gilbert E. - 2006

On Aug. 8, 2005, President Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (PL 109-58). This was the first major piece of energy legislation enacted since 1992 following five years of Congressional efforts to pass energy legislation. Among other things, the law contains tax incentives worth over $14...

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Effective Tax Rates in Macroeconomics : Cross-Country Estimates of Tax Rates on Factor Incomes and Consumption

Mendoza, Enrique G. - 1994

different taxes at the general government level and defines aggregate measures of the corresponding tax bases. This method …

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