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The Taxation of Income from Capital : A Comparative Study of the U.S., U.K., Sweden and West Germany--Comparisons of Effective Tax Rates--
King, Mervyn A. - 1983
This working paper presents Chapter 7 of a book to be published for the National Bureau of Economic Research by the University of Chicago Press. The point of the book is to compare taxes on income from capital in four countries,accounting for corporate, personal, and property taxes, and...
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The Taxation of Income from Capital : A Comparative Study of the U.S., U.K., Sweden, and West Germany--The Theoretical Framework--
King, Mervyn A. - 1983
This working paper presents Chapter 2 of a book that has been submitted to the University of Chicago Press for publication consideration. The point of the book is to compare taxes on income from capital infour countries,accounting for corporate, personal, and property taxes, and including...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012478045
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Revisiting Productivity Dynamics in Europe : A New Measure of Utilization-Adjusted TFP Growth
Comin, Diego; Quintana, Javier; Schmitz, Tom; Trigari, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We compute new estimates for Total Factor Productivity (TFP) growth in five European countries and in the United States. Departing from standard methods, we account for positive profits and use firm surveys to proxy for unobserved changes in factor utilization. These novelties have a major...
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Global Trends in Income Inequality and Income Dynamics : New Insights from GRID
Guvenen, Fatih; Pistaferri, Luigi; Violante, Giovanni L. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
The Global Repository of Income Dynamics (GRID) is a new open-access, cross- country database that contains a wide range of micro statistics on income inequality, dynamics, and mobility. It has four key characteristics: it is built on micro panel data drawn from administrative records; it fully...
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The World's Rust Belts : The Heterogeneous Effects of Deindustrialization on 1,993 Cities in Six Countries
Gagliardi, Luisa; Moretti, Enrico; Serafinelli, Michel - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We investigate the employment consequences of deindustrialization for 1,993 cities in France, Germany, Great Britain …
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Closing the Productivity Gap with the US : Causes and Consequences of the Productivity Program in Western Europe
Giorcelli, Michela - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
promoted management training trips for European managers at US firms. Through the analysis of reports compiled by UK, France …, Germany, and Italian participating firms, I first document that these companies claimed between 5 and 10% yearly productivity …
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Gender Differences in COVID-19 Related Attitudes and Behavior : Evidence from a Panel Survey in Eight OECD Countries
Galasso, Vincenzo - 2020
Using original data from two waves of a survey conducted in March and April 2020 in eight OECD countries (N = 21,649), we show that women are more likely to see COVID-19 as a very serious health problem, to agree with restraining public policy measures adopted in response to it, and to comply...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012481554
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Productivity Growth and Levels in France, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States in the Twentieth Century
Cette, Gilbert - 2009
higher in France than in the United States, and noticeably lower in the United Kingdom (by roughly 10%) and even lower in … Japan (30%), while TFP levels are very close in France, the United Kingdom and the United States, but much lower (40%) in … to France and Japan, a relative decline that was interrupted by the second world war (WW2); (iii) the remarkable catching …
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How Progressive is the U.S. Federal Tax System? A Historical and International Perspective
Piketty, Thomas - 2006
United Kingdom is similar to the US pattern. France had less progressive taxes than the US or UK in 1970 but has experienced …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466261
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Designing Women : Consumer Goods Innovations in Britain, France and the United States, 1750-1900
Khan, B. Zorina - 2017
in industrial fairs and prize-granting institutions in Britain, France and the United States, compared to parallel …
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