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combination of a drop in total factor productivity (TFP) during 1990-92 and of increases in taxes on labor and consumption and …
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In this paper, we make a first attempt to explore the relationship between computer use and productivity in French … level in the years 1987, 1991 and 1993, with information on firm productivity, capital intensity and average wage available … evidence that the computer impacts on productivity are indeed positive and that the returns to the firm should at least be in …
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center of the analysis: productivity shocks, shocks to labor input, and tax policy shocks. While our approach is in line with …
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overall productivity level of the economy. A comprehensive income tax, applying to both labour income and capital income … productivity, the adverse effect of income taxation on human capital investments is significantly magnified …
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This paper deals with the international effects of taxation. Tax policies have profound effects on the temporal composition and on the intertemporal evolution of the macro economy. The analysis highlights key issues pertinent for the understanding of international effects of domestic tax...
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planner who has partial knowledge of population preferences and the productivity of spending. This is a problem of decision … making under ambiguity. Focusing on income-tax financed public spending for infrastructure that aims to enhance productivity … preferences and the productivity of public spending …
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"We explore the impact of a tax reform in some provinces of China which eliminated the value-added tax on some investment goods. While the goal of the experiment was to encourage upgrading of technology, our results suggest that there was no evident increase overall in fixed investment, and...
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In 1954, the Internal Revenue Service stipulated that employer contributions to the health insurance plans of their employees were to be excluded from employee taxable income. Today, the tax subsidy is major feature of the U.S. health care market. This paper examines the initial effects of the...
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We describe the enormous changes in social and tax policy in recent years that have encouraged work by single mothers. We document the changes in federal and state income taxes, AFDC and Food Stamp benefits, Medicaid, training and child care programs. We describe the quantitative importance of...
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This paper characterizes the dynamic effects of shocks in government spending and taxes on economic activity in the United States in the post-war period. It does so by using a mixed structural VAR/event study approach. Identification is achieved by using institutional information about the tax...
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