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Improving Taxes and Transfers in Australia
Hemmings, Philip; Tuske, Annamaria - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2015
reduction. This review particularly recommends shifting away from income taxation to indirect taxation, for instance by raising … reform to vehicle-related taxation. This Working Paper relates to the 2014 OECD Economic Survey of Australia (www … pour la réduction des émissions de gaz à effet de serre et appuie la réforme de la taxation des véhicules. Ce Document de …
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Taxation and Economic Growth
Johansson, Åsa; Heady, Chistopher; Arnold, Jens; Brys, Bert - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2008
-designing taxation within each of the broad tax categories could in some cases ensure sizeable efficiency gains. For example, reduced …
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Reforming the Polish Tax System to Improve its Efficiency
Serres, Alain de - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2008
The Polish tax system is characterised by high social security contributions for both employers and employees. As a result, Poland has one of the highest tax wedges in the OECD, despite relatively low personal income tax rates. This, combined with a relatively high minimum wage and generous...
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Réduire la dette publique française : Les options de l'assainissement budgétaire
Égert, Balázs - 2011
France has a track record of persistent general government deficits, partly reflecting pro-cyclical fiscal policies in upswings. This has resulted in a quadrupling of its public debt-to-GDP ratio since the 1970s to above 80% of GDP. Reducing public debt is crucial because a high level of public...
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Comment réformer le système fiscal belge afin de renforcer l'expansion économique
Høj, Jens - 2009
fait possible, en Belgique, d’exploiter davantage cette source de recettes fiscales. La taxation différenciée des …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012442036
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Boosting Innovation Performance in Brazil
de Brito Cruz, Carlos - 2006
Brazil's main challenge in innovation policy is to encourage the business sector to engage in productivity-enhancing innovative activities. At 1% of GDP, R&D spending (both public and private) is comparatively low by OECD standards and is carried out predominantly by the government. Most...
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Improving the Capacity to Innovate in Germany
Fuentes, Andrés - 2004
Key indicators show Germany belonging to the countries in the OECD with strong innovation activity even though some weakening in Germany’s position relative to other OECD countries has occurred recently. While the redirection of resources towards unification-related spending as well as low...
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Do Corporate Taxes Reduce Productivity and Investment at the Firm Level? : Cross-Country Evidence from the Amadeus Dataset
Schwellnus, Cyrille - 2008
This paper uses a stratified sample of firms across OECD economies over the period 1996-2004 to analyse the effects of corporate taxes on productivity and investment. Applying a differences-in-differences estimation strategy which exploits differential effects of corporate taxes on firms with...
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Reforming the Tax System in Japan to Promote Fiscal Sustainability and Economic Growth
Jones, Randall - 2008
Tax reform is an urgent priority, as Japan needs as much as 5% to 6% of GDP of additional government revenue just to stabilise public debt, which has risen to 180% of GDP. In addition to raising revenue, tax reform should promote economic growth, address the deterioration in income distribution...
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How do Taxes Affect Investment and Productivity? : An Industry-Level Analysis of OECD Countries
Vartia, Laura - 2008
differently by taxation. Investment is shown to respond negatively to an increase in the corporate tax rate and a decrease in …
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