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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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Some Issues Related to the Equity-Efficiency Trade-Off in the Swedish Tax and Transfer System
Strand, Henning - 1999
impedes the establishment and expansion of enterprises. An internationally-high taxation of capital income acts as an …
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Some Issues Related to the Equity-Efficiency Trade-Off in the Swedish Tax and Transfer System
Strand, Henning - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 1999
capital income impedes the establishment and expansion of enterprises. An internationally-high taxation of capital income acts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046201
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Decarbonising Romania’s economy
Capozza, Ivana - 2024
Romania’s clean energy transition needs to accelerate for the country to decarbonise its economy by mid-century. Following an impressive decline from the early 1990s, emissions of greenhouse gases have stopped falling in recent years. Fossil fuel dependence, an increasing and ageing vehicle...
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The Efficiency and Equity of the Tax and Transfer System in France
Égert, Balázs - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
Taxes and cash transfers reduce income inequality more in France than elsewhere in the OECD, because of the large size of the flows involved. But the system is complex overall. Its effectiveness could be enhanced in many ways, for example so as to achieve the same amount of redistribution at...
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Non-Keynesian Effects of Fiscal Consolidation: An Analysis with an Estimated DSGE Model for the Hungarian Economy
Benk, Szilárd; Jakab, Zoltán M. - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012
Using an estimated DSGE model for Hungary, the paper identifies the possible non-Keynesian channels through which a fiscal consolidation may manifest as expansionary. Simulations show that fiscal consolidation policies are typically contractionary. Nevertheless, taking into account some specific...
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Should Measures of Fiscal Stance be Adjusted for Terms of Trade Effects?
Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et …; … - 2006
This paper considers the case for adjusting measures of the cyclically-adjusted fiscal balance for exceptional movements in the terms of trade for those countries where production of commodities is a substantial share of output. For such countries exceptional movements in commodity prices, such...
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The Political Economy of Fiscal Consolidation
Price, Robert W.R. - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010
This paper explores the political economy of fiscal adjustment. It begins with an examination of the evidence for, and sources of, ‘deficit bias’, including political and governance factors, public attitudes, the role of financial markets and imprecision about which debt targets should be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008587587
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Towards net zero emissions in Denmark
Barker, Andrew - 2022
Denmark has been a frontrunner in policies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and now plans to cut emissions by 70% by 2030 from 1990 levels and to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Such ambition induces halving emissions from 2019 levels and making the same emission abatement effort in ten...
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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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