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; wealth distribution ; microsimulation …
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die Steuerlast in Deutschland? - Verteilungswirkungen des deutschen Steuer- und Transfersystems" (Who bears the tax burden … in Germany? - Distributional Analyses of the German tax and transfer system). Financial support from the Hans Böckler …
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and tax policy. In this paper, I provide a test of the income pooling hypothesis using administrative cross …
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We present the estimated large-scale three-region DSGE model GEAR picturing Germany, the Euro Area and the Rest of the world. Compared to existing models of this type, GEAR incorporates a comprehensive fiscal block, involuntary unemployment and a complex international structure. We use the model...
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In this paper, we assess the impact of major German structural reforms from 1999 to 2008 on key macroeconomic variables. By many, these reforms, especially the Hartz reforms on the labor market, are considered to be the root of observed imbalances in the Euro Area. Our simulations within a...
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We discuss how cross-country unemployment insurance can be used to improve international risk sharing. We use a two-country business cycle model with incomplete financial markets and frictional labor markets where the unemployment insurance scheme operates across both countries. Cross-country...
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within EMU. We differentiate between three different scenarios: public revenue equalisation, tax harmonisation and a …
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Budget-neutral tax wedge reductions rank high in the policy agenda of several EMU member states. Using a New Keynesian … macroeconomic and welfare effects of reducing the firms' and workers' labour tax rates under alternative financing instruments …. Overall, a tax wedge reduction is beneficial in terms of both welfare and output, as long as the financing measure does not …
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.2.Consumption tax cuts and transfers to households primarily stabilize private con-sumption, and subsidies prevent firm defaults …
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pricing generates a recession initially as production costs rise. Benefits from lower emissions damage materialize only in the … shorter and long-run benefits are larger if more regions levy a price on emissions. However, for non-participating regions …
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