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Estimating Firm-Level Effective Marginal Tax Rates and the User Cost of Capital in New Zealand
Fabling, Richard; Gemmell, Norman; Kneller, Richard; … - 2013
Effective marginal tax rates (EMTRs) can be very different from the statutory rate and vary across firms, reflecting … various UCC measures we find substantial firm-level heterogeneity, systematic changes as a result of tax reforms between 2004 …
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Options to Narrow New Zealand's Saving – Investment Imbalance
Brook, Anne-Marie - 2014
include tax policy changes, a range of different retirement income policy settings and policies that affect the housing market … significantly tax-preferred saving vehicles other than property. Tax reform thus has potential to both raise the level of saving and … improve its composition. One option may be to reduce the tax rate on capital income, such as by extending the existing PIE …
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The Contribution of Foreign Borrowing to the New Zealand Economy
Makin, Anthony; Zhang, Wei; Scobie, Grant - 2008
New Zealand's unrelenting current account deficits, its trade performance and high external debt level remain central to ongoing economic policy debates. However, what has been overlooked in the discussion of New Zealand's economic relations with its trading partners is the positive contribution...
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Household Debt in New Zealand
Henderson, Katherine; Scobie, Grant M. - 2009
In recent years, the total debt of the household sector has risen appreciably. This has led to concerns about "excessive" borrowing, and to the possibility that some households may have become unduly vulnerable in the event of unexpected shocks. This paper draws on both aggregate and household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012115612
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Saving Rates of New Zealanders: A Net Wealth Approach
Scobie, Grant M.; Henderson, Katherine - 2009
Reliable estimates of actual household saving rates in New Zealand have proved elusive as existing sources of data have in the past given disparate estimates, making it difficult to reach a consensus of the real rate of household saving. For the first time in New Zealand, however, longitudinal...
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A Simple Model of Housing Rental and Ownership with Policy Simulations
Coleman, Andrew; Scobie, Grant M. - 2009
. Increases in the stock of housing would reduce rents and house prices. A reduction in tax concessions for landlords would raise …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012115614
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Challenges and Choices: Modelling New Zealand's Long-term Fiscal Position
Bell, Matthew; Blick, Gary; Parkyn, Oscar; Rodway, Paul; … - 2010
This working paper provides further detail on the modelling behind Challenges and Choices – New Zealand's Long-Term Fiscal Statement, published on 29 October 2009. Building on the first Statement of 2006, we construct two main fiscal scenarios over a 40- year horizon. The historic trends...
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Healthy, Wealthy and Working: Retirement Decisions of Older New Zealanders
Enright, James; Scobie, Grant M - 2010
Health status is an important element in the decision to continue working or retire among older workers. Given the demographic projections for the next four decades, there will be increasing opportunities for older workers to remain in the workforce. However, an individual's decision is likely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012115617
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Health and Wealth
Anastasiadis, Simon - 2010
This paper analyses the relationship between net wealth and health using Waves 1 to 3 of the Survey of Family, Income and Employment (SoFIE). The results show that lower net wealth is associated with worse health over a range of differing measures of health. The paper acknowledges but does not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012115620
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KiwiSaver: An Initial Evaluation of the Impact on Retirement Saving
Law, David; Meehan, Lisa; Scobie, Grant M - 2011
KiwiSaver is a voluntary savings scheme aimed at increasing the retirement wealth of a target population. A critical element shaping the success of KiwiSaver is the extent to which individuals participate in the scheme, given its voluntary nature; and, having chosen to participate, the extent to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012115629