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On Calculating Welfare Losses of Taxation and Public Provision on the margin and to a degree

Suoniemi, Ilpo - Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus (VATT), Government … - 1995

In the paper an index number measuring inefficiency of taxation is introduced which is based on an economy-wide generalisation of the input distance function. Related concepts are an input based quantity index, the index of real endowment, and a productivity index indicating effectiveness of the...

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Public Welfare Services and Inequality: Introduction to methodology and some examples with the 1985 Finnish Household Expenditure Survey data

Suoniemi, Ilpo - Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus (VATT), Government … - 1993

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Redistribution and Risk Sharing in EMU

Parviainen, Seija - Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus (VATT), Government … - 1998

This study analyses possibilities for independent national redistribution and risk sharing policy in EMU by reviewing …

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Trends in Top Income Shares in Finland

Riihelä, Marja; Sullström, Risto; Tuomala, Matti - Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus (VATT), Government … - 2005

groups back to levels of inequality or even higher found 40 years ago. The main factor that has driven up the top one per …

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Statistical Inference and Lorenz Curves: An empirical example using Finnish Income Data

Aura, Saku - Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus (VATT), Government … - 1996

generalisations. These curves are useful devices for examining welfare and inequality. Asymptotical sampling properties of the Lorenz … distribution of disposable income in 1971, 1976, 1981, 1985 and 1990. It is found out that relative inequality has been highest on … 1971, but the changes in relative inequality during period 1976-1990 have been almost negligible. Using a generalised …

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On Calculating Welfare Losses of Taxation and Public Provision

Suoniemi, Ilpo - Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus (VATT), Government … - 1994

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Which Consumers Benefit from Congestion Tolls?

Glazer, Amihai; Niskanen, Esko - Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus (VATT), Government … - 2000

A large literature demonstrates that congestion tolls can increase aggregate welfare. Nevertheless, congestion tolls are rarely observed. And though road tolls are imposed to raise revenue (as on bridges, tunnels, and some highways), almost always the tolls are imposed on the faster of several...

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The VATTAGE Regional Model VERM - A Dynamic, Regional, Applied General Equilibrium Model of the Finn

Honkatukia, Juha - Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus (VATT), Government … - 2013

Applied general equilibrium models have become a standard tool for the analysis of structural policies in many countries and international research organisations. Their use has been prompted by both developments in economics, but also on the growing need for quantitative policy analysis. The...

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Tax competition among local governments: evidence from a property tax reform in Finland

Lyytikäinen, Teemu - Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus (VATT), Government … - 2011

This paper uses a Finnish policy intervention to study tax competition among local governments. Changes in the statutory lower limits to the property tax rates are used as a source of exogenous variation to estimate the responses of municipalities to tax rates in their neighbouring...

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To work or not to work? The effct of child-care subsidies on the labour supply of parents

Kosonen, Tuomas - Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus (VATT), Government … - 2011

This paper studies the effect of child-care subsidies on maternal labour supply. In the Finnish child-care system, parents taking care of their children at home receive a relatively generous home-care allowance. I use variation arising from changes in the municipality-specific supplement to this...

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