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according to income levels and gender. This paper is based on the National Household Sample Survey (PNAD) carried out by the … (MAs) in the country, than the in the other MAs. Second, workers in the poorest population segment (1st income decile … times. However, these worsening conditions have been more pronounced in the 1st income decile and especially the 7th-10th …
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within EMU. We differentiate between three different scenarios: public revenue equalisation, tax harmonisation and a …
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This paper considers some facets of the recent Brazilian experience in fiscal decentralization. For this purpose, it describes the pattern of fiscal decentralization in Brazil and, subsequently, discusses some events of the nineties pertaining to fiscal relations in the federation. Historically,...
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tax revenue before redistribution. Aside from this internalized revenue, referred to as the marginal tax-back rate, the …-exploit their tax bases. By means of a stylized model we show that the member states have an incentive to align the effective tax … rates on their residents with the level of the tax-back rate. We empirically test the model using state-level and micro …
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Concurrent taxation is a feature of many federal systems. As a consequence of this fact, the tax policy of one level of … government affects the tax base of the other. This paper carries out a theoretical analysis of the interdependent tax ….S. federal system in practice and that formally link the taxes employed at various levels of government (i.e.: tax deductibility …
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education and demand for leisure. We drive sufficient conditions for tax competition to lead to too low wage tax rates. We …
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not and will not rely on non-benefit taxes, such as the income tax. Yet we observe reliance on income taxes by local …-level income tax) will tend to lower national income tax rates, although this must be qualified because it also depends on the … mobility of the population. A second implication is that fiscal expansion of the EU to include an EU-level income tax may tend …
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The paper considers governments' public procurement decision as a way of influencing industry structure. In a federation in which capital is mobile and capital taxation is harmonized, a home bias in public procurement can potentially be explained as an effort to increase the capital intensity of...
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A rational financial constitution of the EU should be able to fulfil redistributive objectives at minimum costs. The present financial system of the Community is not compatible with this requirement. After the decisions of the European Council in Berlin on the Agenda 2000 the fundamental flaw of...
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