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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 …
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constrained sector absorbs less and less capital, the real interest rate in the economy declines. Other sectors that compete for … the same inputs (including capital) thus experience lower costs, which boosts investment, output, and profits, reflecting …
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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 …
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and non-durable consumer goods as well as productive capital. The model generates perhaps surprising results. In …
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This paper examines three sources of the fluctuations in real interest rates during the past three decades: changes in budget deficits, changes in tax rules, and changes in monetary policy. The evidence indicates that budget deficits and monetary policy have had a strong influence on the level...
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One of the important determinants of the response of saving and consumption to the real interest rate is the elasticity of intertemporal substitution. That elasticity can be measured by the response of the rate of change of consumption to changes in the expected real interest rate. A detailed...
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The central goverment now issues both nominal and iflation indexed long-term bonds in the United Kingdom. The difference in their yields provides one measure of the long-term expevted rate of inflation. The evidence suggests that higher long-term, expected , real yields are associated with...
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the econometric effect of including a measure of excess capacity; (5) an unexpected rise in money demand may be …
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