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This paper introduces a methodological innovation into Generational Accounting. By incorporating cyclically-adjusted balances into the forward-looking budget projections underlying the concept we isolate pure policy effects, which render comparisons of the fiscal sustainability indicators...
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In der folgenden Studie möchten wir ausgewählte Aspekte von intra- und intergenerationalen Umverteilungseffekten im System der bundesdeutschen Alterssicherung auf der Basis der Humankapitalheorie mit Simulationsmethoden analysieren. Falls es das Ziel der Politik ist, die Ungleichheit des...
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The macroeconomic development in West Germany in the aftermath of unification was characterized by a boom period in … 1990/1991, a deep recession in 1992/1993 and a slow recovery since then. In East Germany, in contrast, unification induced … unification are reported. The estimates are based on a disequilibrium model formerly developed for West Germany and extended in …
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Unification fundamentally changed the terms of quantitative macroeconomic analysis for Germany. Two main areas … concerned are data availability for the eastern part of Germany and structural changes within the behavioural equations after … Germany. The challenge is to handle the structural break in the time series and the economic model by applying a SUR estimator …
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Germany following German Unification. Using a unique large-scale German administrative data set, we measure individuals …
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This paper presents estimates of the unification bonus for East Germans over the period 1991 to 1998. The unification bonus is defined as the discounted value of the difference between a person's actual income and his or her counterfactual real income stream forecast for a hypothetical...
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Current political discussions in Germany and other European countries illustrate the importance accorded to revenue and …
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Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht die Verteilungswirkungen der Hochschulfinanzierung im Längsschnitt. Die Leistungen, die Hochschulabsolventen in Form der Hochschulbildung erhalten, werden den hochschulbezogenen (Steuer-)Lasten der Hochschulabsolventen gegenübergestellt. Es zeigt sich, dass...
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base broadening. Its implications are thus not unique to Germany. Especially in view of the current economic crisis … heart of the academic and political debate in Germany and other countries. In this paper we present a new corporate …
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This paper investigates whether the size of multinational' real investments in a high-tax country is affected by profit shifting activities. A simple theoretical analysis shows that tax rates abroad impact the cost of capital in the presence of profit shifting activities of multinational...
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