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Equality of Opportunity, Heterogeneity and Poverty

Nilsson, William - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2005

explanation of intergenerational income correlation in Sweden. <p> Paper [II] focuses on the persistence of poverty in Sweden. The … purpose is to distinguish between two different reasons why poverty could persist on an individual level. By using a sample of … from true state dependence, where the experience of poverty leads to a higher risk of future poverty. The results, based on …

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Tax Policy and Present-Biased Preferences: Paternalism under International Capital Mobility

Aronsson, Thomas; Sjögren, Tomas - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2011

This paper deals with tax-policy responses to quasi-hyperbolic discounting. Earlier research on optimal paternalism typically abstracts from capital mobility. If capital is mobile between countries, it may no longer be possible for national governments to control domestic savings via capital...

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Essays on Growth and Environment

Cialani, Catia - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2014

This thesis consists of a summary and four self-contained papers. <p> Paper [I] Following the 1987 report by The World Commission on Environment and Development, the genuine saving has come to play a key role in the context of sustainable development, and the World Bank regularly publishes numbers...</p>

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Heterogeneity or True State Dependence in Poverty - The tale told by twins

Nilsson, William - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2005

This study focuses on the persistence of poverty in Sweden. The purpose is to distinguish between two different reasons … why poverty could persist on an individual level. By using a sample of identical twins, this study takes advantage of the … poverty leads to a higher risk of future poverty. The results, based on a four variate probit model, show the importance of …

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Redistributive Income Taxation, Outsourcing and Foreign Direct Investment

Aronsson, Thomas; Koskela, Erkki - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2010

This paper deals with optimal income taxation under international outsourcing and FDI. We show how the joint effect of outsourcing and FDI on the optimal marginal income tax rates depends on whether FDI is horizontal or vertical.

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Outsourcing, Public Input Provision and Policy Cooperation

Aronsson, Thomas; Koskela, Erkki - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2009

This paper concerns public input provision as an instrument for redistribution under international outsourcing by using a model-economy comprising two countries, North and South, where firms in the North may outsource part of their low-skilled labor intensive production to the South. We consider...

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POSITIONAL PREFERENCES IN TIME AND SPACE: IMPLICATIONS FOR OPTIMAL INCOME TAXATION

Aronsson, Thomas; Johansson-Stenman, Olof - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2010

This paper concerns optimal nonlinear taxation in an OLG model with two ability-types, where people care about their own consumption relative to (i) other people’s current consumption, (ii) own past consumption, and (iii) other people’s past consumption. We show that intertemporal...

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Veblen’s Theory of the Leisure Class Revisited: Implications for Optimal Income Taxation

Aronsson, Thomas; Johansson-Stenman, Olof - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2010

Almost all previous studies on public policy under relative consumption concerns have ignored the role of leisure for status comparisons. Inspired by Veblen (1899), this paper considers a two-type optimal income tax model, where people care about their relative consumption, and where the...

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Optimal Paternalism: Sin Taxes and Health Subsidies

Aronsson, Thomas; Thunström, Linda - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2005

The starting point for this paper is the potential self-control problem underlying the consumption of unhealthy food. The purpose is to analyze public policies, which are designed to correct for the welfare loss associated with such behavior. Contrary to previous studies, our analysis suggests...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005424003

Mixed Taxation, Public Goods and Transboundary Externalities: A Model with Large Jurisdictions

Aronsson, Thomas; Persson, Lars; Sjögren, Tomas - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2008

This paper concerns income taxation, commodity taxation, production taxation and public good provision in a multi-jurisdiction framework with transboundary environmental damage. We assume that each jurisdiction is large in the sense that its government is able to influence the world-market...

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