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significantly larger change in consumption than a producer price change, which is referred to as the signaling effect from taxation … how sin taxation changes long-term consumer behavior regarding commodities which are deemed harmful for both health and …. Specifically, we examine the signaling effect from taxation which is seen if a tax increase leads to a significantly larger change …
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This paper analyzes whether marginal taxation of labor and capital income might be useful second best instruments for … corrective tax on housing wealth. The rationale for studying income taxation in this particular context is that first best taxes …
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The thesis consists of a summary and four papers, concerned with food consumption, behavior associated with overconsumption of food and analysis of the economic policy reforms designed to improve health. <p> Paper [I] estimates a hedonic price model on breakfast cereal, crisp bread and potato...</p>
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In this paper, we simulate the effects of taxes on products and/or nutrients aimed at encouraging a healthier grain consumption. To carry out the analysis, we use a rich data set on household consumption of grain products, combined with information about the nutritional content of the products....
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This paper deals with optimal income and commodity taxation in an economy, where alcohol is an externality …
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of optimal taxation and public expenditures under asymmetric information between the government and the private sector … imperfect competition in the labor market gives rise to additional policy incentives associated with the self … behind publicly provided private goods. Paper [II] addresses optimal income and commodity taxation in a dynamic economy …
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best economy, where the government raises revenue by means of distortionary taxation. We show how the social cost of public …
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This paper concerns optimal taxation and environmental policy in the presence of transboundary environmental damage and … structure produces incentives for the national governments to use the tax policy to influence the policies chosen by the federal …
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This paper concerns the optimal provision of a state-variable public good, where the global climate is the prime example. The analysis is based on a two-type optimal income tax model with overlapping generations, where people care about their relative consumption. We consider both...
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We study how the optimal use of labor income tax progression depends on whether the wage bargaining system is decentralized or centralized. Assuming a nonlinear labor income tax and an unrestricted profit tax, we show that a Utilitarian government is able to implement the first best resource...
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