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A disaggregated intertemporal CGE model is used to simulate the welfare effects in Norway of the recently implemented … costs for the country is identified as the most important source of welfare gains, through improved terms of trade. Due to … welfare. In particular, this explains why the simulated reduction of employment has a significant negative impact on the total …
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. This is partly attributable to a modest increase in aggregate welfare, as polluting consumption rise significantly along …
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Most studies on the economic consequences of ageing rely on Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) models that account for feedback mechanisms through changes in relative prices, tax bases etc. However, since individual labour supply behaviour is considered to be a key element in CGE-analyses of...
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When the transmission channel between savers and borrowing firms is disturbed, firms may find themselves borrowing-constrained. I study the optimal fiscal policy response to a tightening borrowing constraint in a simple two-period model. I find that it is not optimal to subsidize firms, although...
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Are investments by new firms constrained by access to financing? If so, are the constraints persistent or do firms overcome their financing problems during the first years of operation? We examine the role of capital constraints by estimating the relation between founders' initial wealth and...
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number of periods following default maximizes stationary equilibrium welfare. This exclusion policy maximizes the stationary … volume of mutually beneficial lending transactions. It also maximizes the average welfare of the excluded. The optimal length …
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energy efficiency we find substantial welfare costs of energy efficiency policies, particularly when interacting with carbon …
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structure of our model, the paper presents macroeconomic effects, and impacts on growth and welfare of environmental constraints … assumptions. Contrary to widespread opinion, a low discount rate increases the environmental drag on welfare. Reducing the rate of …
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This paper analyses the non-environmental welfare costs of an environmental tax reform using a numerical intertemporal … consumption and saving, the total non-environmental welfare effect of the tax reform is positive. The paper also analyses how … imperfect price expectations for the investors in real capital influence the total welfare costs of the tax reform. The welfare …
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The working of the labour market is important for the total welfare effects of tax reforms. This paper analyses, by … between industries and wage formation influence the non-environmental welfare effects of an environmental tax reform. Three … wage bargaining. The welfare effects differ substantially between the alternatives, depending especially on the total tax …
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