We analyse the evolution of capital and labour (mis)allocation across firms in five euro-area countries (Belgium … emerge. First, in all countries with the exception of Germany, capital allocation has worsened over time whereas the … efficiency of labour reallocation has not changed significantly. Second, the observed increase in capital misallocation has been …

We characterize the Laffer curves for labor taxation and capital income taxation quantitatively for the US, the EU-14 … benchmark parameters, we find that the US can increase tax revenues by 30% by raising labor taxes and 6% by raising capital … income taxes. For the EU-14 we obtain 8% and 1%. Denmark and Sweden are on the wrong side of the Laffer curve for capital …

obtain 8% and 1%. Dynamic scoring for the EU-14 shows that 54% of a labor tax cut and 79% of a capital tax cut are self-financing …We compare Laffer curves for labor and capital taxation for the US, the EU-14 and individual European countries, using … US can increase tax revenues by 30% by raising labor taxes and by 6% by raising capital income taxes. For the EU-14 we …

European nations substitute between employment protection regulations and labor market expenditures (e.g., unemployment … adjustments than other labor insurance mechanisms. Venture capital and private equity investors are especially sensitive to these … labor adjustment costs. Nations favoring labor expenditures as the mechanism for providing worker insurance developed …

securitization activity, weak supervision for bank capital and too low for too long monetary policy rates. Conversely, low long …