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Wealth Effects on Money Demand in EMU : Econometric Evidence
Boone, Laurence - 2004
This paper investigates the determinants of money demand (M3) in the euro area. It specifically examines the potential impact of financial and housing wealth on money demand. It tests the hypothesis, whether wealth associated with increases in asset prices is used to finance liquidity holdings...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012445116
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Wealth Effects on Money Demand in EMU: Econometric Evidence
Boone, Laurence; Mikol, Fanny; Noord, Paul van den - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2004
This paper investigates the determinants of money demand (M3) in the euro area. It specifically examines the potential impact of financial and housing wealth on money demand. It tests the hypothesis, whether wealth associated with increases in asset prices is used to finance liquidity holdings...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045941
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The Swedish Housing Market : Better Allocation via Less Regulation
Hüfner, Felix - 2007
While several sectors in the economy have been deregulated, the Swedish housing market remains distorted, hindering an optimal matching of supply and demand. In the rental market the rent setting framework with its focus on cost-based rents in the public sector prevents a price response, leading...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444856
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The Swedish Housing Market: Better Allocation via Less Regulation
Hüfner, Felix; Lundsgaard, Jens - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2007
While several sectors in the economy have been deregulated, the Swedish housing market remains distorted, hindering an optimal matching of supply and demand. In the rental market the rent setting framework with its focus on cost-based rents in the public sector prevents a price response, leading...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005049013
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The Danish Housing Market : Less Subsidy and more Flexibility
Erlandsen, Espen - 2006
While Denmark has fairly flexible labour and product markets in most respects, the housing market stands out with large direct and indirect subsidies for all types of housing and a highly regulated rental market hindering mobility, probably resulting in a mismatch between housing needs and use....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012445788
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The Danish Housing Market: Less Subsidy and more Flexibility
Erlandsen, Espen; Lundsgaard, Jens; Hüfner, Felix - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2006
While Denmark has fairly flexible labour and product markets in most respects, the housing market stands out with large direct and indirect subsidies for all types of housing and a highly regulated rental market hindering mobility, probably resulting in a mismatch between housing needs and use....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046153
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Tax Treatment of Private Pension Savings in OECD Countries and the Net Tax Cost Per Unit of Contribution to Tax-Favoured Schemes
Yoo, Kwang-Yeol - 2004
This paper provides, for all OECD countries, an estimate of the net tax cost per currency unit of contribution to a tax-favoured retirement savings plan, using a present-value methodology. The latter takes into account the future flows of revenues foregone on accrued income and of revenues...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444428
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Tax Treatment of Private Pension Savings in OECD Countries and the Net Tax Cost Per Unit of Contribution to Tax-Favoured Schemes
Yoo, Kwang-Yeol; Serres, Alain de - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2004
This paper provides, for all OECD countries, an estimate of the net tax cost per currency unit of contribution to a tax-favoured retirement savings plan, using a present-value methodology. The latter takes into account the future flows of revenues foregone on accrued income and of revenues...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046077
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Policies to Rebalance Housing Markets in New Zealand
Cheung, Calista - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011
population. Substantial distortions via tax planning have been evident in rental property markets. Although the 2010-11 budget … introduced measures to reduce some of these distortions, further reforms are needed to remove the significant tax bias favouring …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009149950
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Catching-up and Inflation in Europe : Balassa-Samuelson, Engel's Law and Other Culprits
Égert, Balázs - 2010
This study analyses the impact of economic catching-up on annual inflation rates in the European Union with a special … Balassa-Samuelson effect is not an important driver of inflation rates. By contrast, we find that the initial price level and … regulated prices strongly affect inflation outcomes in a nonlinear manner and that the extension of Engel’s Law may hold during …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444720