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environment taxes differs dramatically from the recommendations of environment tax theory. This divergence between the theory and …
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incorporates consumption, leisure, mortality and inequality, and we extend the methodology to include environmental externalities …
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financial supervisors (if the supervisor is part of the central bank), focusing on liability, immunity, and indemnification …
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Conventional fiscal accounting methodologies do not appropriately account for governments’ noncash policies, such as their contingent liabilities. When these liabilities are called, budget costs can be large, as evidenced by the United States’ saving and loan crisis. In general, deficit...
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Whereas some central bank derivatives and other contingent liabilities arise from anomalous circumstances, there are a number of positive reasons that explain their popularity. After analyzing the rationale for these operations, we stress that most of these operations, being off-balance sheet,...
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This paper uses a multi-region, forward-looking, DSGE model to estimate the macroeconomic impact of a tax reform that replaces a corporate income tax (CIT) with a destination-based cash-flow tax (DBCFT). Two key channels are at play. The first channel is the shift from an income tax to a...
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Growing international integration in trade and finance can challenge the measurement of external accounts. This paper presents a unified conceptual framework for identifying sources of mismeasurement of foreign investment income in current account balances. The framework allows to derive a...
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The paper emphasizes the role of institutions and incentives in the presence of externalities. An economy with multiple …
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This paper formally identifies an important role of banks: Banks competitively internalize production externalities and … facilitate economic growth. I formulate a canonical growth model with externalities as a game among consumers, firms, and banks …. Banks compete for deposits to seek monopoly profits, including externalities. Using loan contracts that specify price and …
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Vertical tax externalities between levels of government can occur in federal structures, with responses to the tax … governments co-occupy the same tax base. This paper examines these externalities by considering their implications for a range of …
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