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Grossmann, Volker - 2010

The optimal mix of growth policies is determined within a comprehensive endogenous growth model. The analysis captures important elements of the tax-transfer system and accounts for transitional dynamics. Currently, for calculating corporate taxable income US firms are allowed to deduct...

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Financial Contagion and the European Debt Crisis

Missio, Sebastian - 2013

Since the beginning of 2010, the Euro Area faces a severe sovereign debt crisis, now generally known as the Euro Crisis. While the Euro Crisis has its origin in Greece, problems have now spread to several other European countries as well. Dynamic conditional correlation models (DCC) are...

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Labor Market Policies and European Crises

Bertola, Giuseppe - 2013

This paper studies theoretically and empirically why and how labor policies may reduce productivity and employment in order to stabilize labor incomes and redistribute resources. It proposes a specific stylized model where the tradeoffs facing labor policies are influenced by structural factors,...

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The Sovereign Default Problem in the Eurozone : An Insurance-Based Approach

Arnold, Nadjeschda - 2015

This paper argues that the Eurozone crisis stems from a risk management failure in the Eurosystem's design, and that …

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Ordoliberalism, Pragmatism and the Eurozone Crisis : How the German Tradition Shaped Economic Policy in Europe

Feld, Lars P. - 2015

German policy during the Eurozone crisis supposedly follows an ordoliberal tradition. In this paper, we discuss to what … economic constitution for Europe in which several pillars supposedly aim at ensuring sound money in the Eurozone. The policies … the German government pushed during the Eurozone crisis have been informed by the ordoliberal tradition. In particular …

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A Mechanism to Regulate Sovereign Debt Restructuring in the Euro Area

Andritzky, Jochen R. - 2016

To make the no-bailout clause credible and enhance the effectiveness of crisis assistance, a consistent institutional and legal framework is needed to ensure that private creditors contribute to crisis resolution. Getting activated as part of ESM crisis assistance, we propose a two-stage...

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The Role of the Corporate Income Tax as an Automatic Stabilizer

Buettner, Thiess - 2009

This paper analyses the effectiveness of the corporate income tax as an automatic stabilizer. It employs a unique firm-level dataset of German manufacturers combining financial statements with firm-specific information about credit market restrictions. The results show that approximately 20 per...

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Tax Revenue Losses Through Cross-Border Loss Offset : An Insurmountable Hurdle for Formula Apportionment?

Mardan, Mohammed - 2017

This paper analyzes the relevance of firm losses for tax revenues and welfare when switching from separate accounting to a system of tax base consolidation with formula apportionment. We find that a system change unambiguously decreases tax revenues in the short run, in which neither firms nor...

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Thin Capitalization Rules and Multinational Firm Capital Structure

Blouin, Jennifer - 2014

This paper examines the impact of thin capitalization rules that limit the tax deductibility of interest on the capital structure of the foreign affiliates of US multinationals. We construct a new data set on thin capitalization rules in 54 countries for the period 1982-2004. Using confidential...

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Should Tax Policy Favor High- or Low-Productivity Firms?

Langenmayr, Dominika - 2013

Heterogeneous firm productivity seems to provide an argument for governments to pursue ‘pick-the-winner' strategies by subsidizing highly productive firms more, or taxing them less, than their less productive counterparts. We appraise this argument by studying the optimal choice of effective...

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