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Fölster, Stefan; Gidehag, Robert; Orszag, Mike; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

The paper examines the possible effects of introducing a large-scale welfare reform in Sweden, namely, the introduction of comprehensive welfare accounts. Under this policy, individuals make mandatory contributions to accounts, which they can top up with voluntary contributions. In return,...

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Optimal Transportation Policy with Strategic Locational Choice

Thisse, Jacques-François; Wildasin, David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

, in contrast to standard location theory, are not at the quartiles of the urban area. Corrective transportation taxes or …-for-unit offsetting changes in transportation taxes or subsidies. … subsidies can be used to support an optimal locational structure. Changes in transportation costs require unit …

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Can Redistributive State Taxes Reduce Inequality?

Leigh, Andrew - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2005

Do income taxes levied at a state or regional level affect the after-tax distribution of income? Or do workers merely … that gross wages do not adjust so as to fully offset the effect of more redistributive taxes. Exploring the adjustment … at the bottom and top of the distribution, and conclude that neither taxes that particularly affect the rich or the poor …

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Anatomy of Policy Complementarities

Orszag, Mike; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

The analysis provides a new explanation for two widespread problems concerning European unemployment policy: the disappointingly small effect of many past reform measures on unemployment; and the political difficulties in implementing more extensive reform programmes. We argue that the heart of...

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A Theory of the Welfare State

Sinn, Hans-Werner - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

The welfare state can be seen as an insurance device that makes lifetime careers safer, increases risk taking and suffers from moral hazard effects. Adopting this view, the paper studies the trade-off between average income and inequality, evaluating redistributive equilibria from an allocative...

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Should a Carbon Tax be Differentiated Across Sectors?

Hoel, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

can be used on all traded goods. It is also shown that such a differentiation of carbon taxes is optimal for the … constraining the use of tariffs are also likely to constrain the possibility of differentiating carbon taxes between sectors …

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Intergenerational Transfer of Human Capital and Optimal Education Policy

Cremer, Helmuth; Pestieau, Pierre - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

This Paper studies the design of education policies in a setting of successive generations with heterogeneous individuals (high and low earning ability). Parents’ investment in education is motivated by warm-glow altruism and determines the probability that a child has high ability. Education...

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Commodity Tax Competition and Tax Coordination Under Destination and Origin Principles

Lockwood, Ben - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

This paper proposes a general framework for analysing commodity tax competition under destination and origin principles, based on three possible tax spillovers: the consumer price spillover, the producer price/terms of trade spillover, and rent spillovers. A model is presented which can be...

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Optimal Labour Taxation and Search

Boone, Jan; Bovenberg, A Lans - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

This Paper explores the optimal role of the tax system in alleviating labour-market imperfections and raising revenue. For this purpose, the standard search model of the labour market is extended by introducing scarce entrepreneurial talent and arbitrage between the supply and demand. We study...

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Optimal Unemployment Insurance over the Business Cycle

Landais, Camille; Michaillat, Pascal; Saez, Emmanuel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

This paper analyzes optimal unemployment insurance over the business cycle in a search model in which unemployment stems from matching frictions (in booms) and job rationing (in recessions). Job rationing during recessions introduces two novel effects ignored in previous studies of optimal...

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