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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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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...

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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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International Cooperation over Green Taxes: On the Impossibility of Achieving a Probability-One Gain

Aronsson, Thomas; Backlund, Kenneth; Löfgren, Karl-Gustaf - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2000

This paper concerns international coordination of environmental taxation. The main purpose is to study the global welfare effects that will arise, if there is an agreement between countries to slightly increase their emission taxes. We show that even if each individual country has chosen its...

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Optimal Redistributive Taxation and Provision of Public Input Goods in an Economy with Outsourcing and Unemployment

Aronsson, Thomas; Koskela, Erkki - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2008

This paper concerns optimal redistributive income taxation and provision of a public input good in a two-type model with a minimum wage policy implemented for the low-ability type, where firms may use some of their resources for outsourcing by locating part of the production process abroad. Our...

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Public Goods, Unemployment and Policy Coordination

Aronsson, Thomas; Wehke, Sven - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2006

Earlier literature on tax competition and policy coordination typically assumes that the labor market is competitive; a description less suitable for Europe, where trade unions have had a strong position in the labor market for a long time. This paper concerns factor income taxation and public...

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Environmental policy negotiations, transboundary pollution and lobby groups in small open economies

Persson, Lars - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2007

This paper analyzes the consequences of lobby group activity for policy outcomes in economies with transboundary pollution and international environmental policies. In our framework, international environmental policies are characterized as pollution taxes determined in a negotiation between two...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005424034

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