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On the Political Economics of Tax Reforms

Castanheira, Micael - 2011

There is often a gap between the prescriptions of an 'optimal' tax system and actual tax systems, some of which can be neither efficient economically nor efficient at redistributing income. With a focus on personal income taxes, this paper reviews the political economics literature on tax...

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The Role of Fiscal Instruments in Environmental Policy

Kosonen, Katri - 2009

Environmental protection is one of Europe's key values. The EU has set clear policy objectives to achieve its … environmental goals. The EU has favoured market-based instruments, among which fiscal instruments to tackle the climate change …

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Tax Co-Ordination in Europe : Assessing the First Years of the EU-Savings Taxation Directive

Hemmelgarn, Thomas - 2009

This paper reviews the economic effects of the EU Savings Taxation Directive. The Directive aims at enabling taxation …

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Government Deficits in the European Union : An Analysis of Entry and Exit Dynamics

Bayar, Ali H. - 2009

The extent of government deficits and debt has been one of the most debated issues in recent years. However, much less has been contributed about their dynamics. Yet, the issue of entering into and exiting from excessive deficits is critical in the Economic and Monetary Union since the Stability...

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Subsidies for Wages and Infrastructure : How to Restrain Undesired Immigration

Meier, Volker - 2006

investment subsidies in the EU …

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Economic, Political and Institutional Determinants of Budget Deficits in the European Union

Bayar, Ali H. - 2009

Using an extended data set of EU countries ranging from 1971-2006 and relevant econometric methods, we investigate the … economic, political, and institutional determinants of government deficits in the EU. The results show a strong opportunistic …

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Economic and Political Determinants of Budget Deficits in the European Union : A Dynamic Random Coefficient Approach

Bayar, Ali H. - 2009

deficits in the EU-15 over the period 1971-2006, both at a country-specific level and from a population-wide perspective …

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Going NUTS : The Effect of EU Structural Funds on Regional Performance

Becker, Sascha O. - 2009

The European Union (EU) provides grants to disadvantaged regions of member states to allow them to catch up with the EU … average. Under the Objective 1 scheme, NUTS2 regions with a GDP per capita level below 75% of the EU average qualify for … structural funds transfers from the central EU budget. This rule gives rise to a regression-discontinuity design that exploits …

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Pensions and Fertility : Back to the Roots - The Introduction of Bismarck's Pension Scheme and the European Fertility Decline

Fenge, Robert; Scheubel, Beatrice - 2021

Fertility has long been declining in industrialised countries and the existence of public pension systems is considered as one of the causes. This paper is the first to provide detailed evidence based on historical data on the mechanism by which a public pension system depresses fertility. Our...

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Corporate Tax Policy, Entrepreneurship and Incorporation in the EU

De Mooij, Ruud A.; Nicodème, Gaëtan - 2021

In Europe, declining corporate tax rates have come along with rising tax-to-GDP ratios. This paper explores to what extent income shifting from the personal to the corporate tax base can explain these diverging developments. We exploit a panel of European data on firm births and legal form of...

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