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A Wealth Tax on the Rich to Bring down Public Debt? Revenue and Distributional Effects of a Capital Levy
Bach, Stefan; Beznoska, Martin; Steiner, Viktor - 2011
The idea of higher wealth taxes to finance the mounting public debt in the wake of the financial crises is gaining ground in several OECD countries. We evaluate the revenue and distributional effects of a one-time capital levy on personal net wealth that is currently on the German political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601039
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A New Targeting - A New Take-Up? Non-take-up of Social Assistance in Germany after Social Policy Reforms
Bruckmeier, Kerstin; Wiemers, Jürgen - 2010
social policy reforms in 2005. The analysis is based on a microsimulation model, which includes a detailed description of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600936
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Public Pensions, Changing Employment Patterns, and the Impact of Pension Reforms across Birth Cohorts: A Microsimulation Analysis for Germany
Geyer, Johannes; Steiner, Viktor - 2010
-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) and process-produced microdata from the German pension insurance. A microsimulation model is developed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600919