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Optimal tax progressivity in unionised labour markets : simulation results for Germany

Boeters, Stefan - 2010

Changing the income tax progressivity in labour markets with collective wage bargaining generates a trade-off. On the one hand, higher progressivity distorts individual labour supply decisions at the hours-of-work margin, on the other hand, it reduces unemployment by exerting downward pressure...

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Energy poverty indicators : conceptual issues part I: the ten-percent-rule and double median/mean indicators

Schuessler, Rudolf - 2014

Energy poverty, long considered a problem limited to developing countries only, is now widely acknowledged as a … challenge for advanced OECD countries as well. How energy poverty is perceived depends on the conceptualization and assessment … push into poverty. In Europe, the UK has spearheaded the definition and measurement of such phenomena. The most common way …

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Measuring fuel poverty : general considerations and application to German household data

Heindl, Peter - 2013

Fuel poverty may become an increasingly severe problem in developed countries in cases when real prices for fossil … fuels increase at high rates or when real energy prices increase due to policies for greenhouse gas abatement. Fuel poverty … measurement consists of two largely independent parts, firstly, the definition of an adequate fuel poverty line, and secondly, the …

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Taxation and unemployment : an applied general equilibrium approach for Germany

Böhringer, Christoph (contributor); … - 2002

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Effective Labor Taxation and the International Location of Headquarters

Egger, Peter H. - 2012

Profit taxes are widely acknowledged to influence the location of firms' headquarters. This paper sheds light on the role of aspects of labor taxation for the international location of headquarters. While profit taxes can be avoided in various ways, it is much harder for firms to manipulate the...

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Subjective Well-Being, Income, Economic Development and Growth

Sacks, Daniel W. - 2011

We explore the relationships between subjective well-being and income, as seen across individuals within a given country, between countries in a given year, and as a country grows through time. We show that richer individuals in a given country are more satisfied with their lives than are poorer...

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Reference Income Effects in the Determination of Equivalence Scales Using Income Satisfaction Data

Borah, Melanie - 2016

We estimate household equivalence scales using income satisfaction data from the German Socio-Economic Panel. We extend previous studies applying this approach by taking reference income into account. This allows separating needs-based from reference effects in the determination of income...

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The effect of electricity taxation on the German manufacturing sector : a regression discontinuity approach

Flues, Florens; Lutz, Benjamin Johannes - 2015

Germany taxes electricity use since 1999. The government granted reduced rates to energy intensive firms in the industrial sector for addressing potentially adverse effects on firms' competitiveness. Firms that use more electricity than certain thresholds established by legislation, pay reduced...

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Environmental tax differentiation between industries and households - implications for efficiency and employment : a multi-sector intertemporal CGE analysis for Germany

Böhringer, Christoph - 2002

This paper investigates the economic impacts of environmental tax reforms designed to reach given emission reduction targets for the German economy. Our focus is on the efficiency and employment implications of alternative schemes for emission tax differentiation between the production sector...

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ICT and international corporate taxation : tax attributes and scope of taxation

Schäfer, Anne; Spengel, Christoph - 2002

In this paper, an outline of the consequences of the increased use of ICT on international corporate taxation, namely on the tax attributes and the scope of taxation, is given. It is argued that the concept of capital export neutrality shall prevail, as it is deemed to be the most appropriate to...

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