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Intergovernmental grants and public input provision : theory and evidence from Germany
Hauptmeier, Sebastian (contributor) - 2007
This paper uses a simple model of fiscal competition between local jurisdictions to analyse the impact of intergovernmental grants on the composition of public spending. We find that a higher degree of redistribution within a system of ʺfiscal equalisationʺ coincides with a smaller overall...
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Who's afraid of an EU tax and why? : revenue system preferences in the European Parliament
Heinemann, Friedrich (contributor);  … - 2008
The EU's revenue system is still typical for an organisation based on international cooperation and stands in contrast to the Union's far advanced legislative and political role. This contrast feeds the debate on granting the EU an autonomous tax source. Our contribution explores the factors...
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How can a country ‘graduate’ from procyclical fiscal policy? : evidence from China
Fuest, Clemens; Xing, Jing - 2015
In this study, we analyze the cyclicality of fiscal policies in China during the period 1978-2013. We find that the cyclicality of local government spending in China significantly affects the cyclicality of total government spending. By employing both time-series and province-level panel data,...
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Revenue autonomy preference in German state parliaments
Heinemann, Friedrich (contributor) - 2013
Fiscal federalism in Germany is characterized by lacking sub-national tax autonomy and intensive fiscal equalization. Due to a sunset clause, the current equalization system has to be renegotiated by the year 2019. Against this backdrop, this contribution studies the reform preferences of...
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Total costs and budgetary effects of adaptation to climate change : an assessment for the European Union
Osberghaus, Daniel; Reif, Christiane - 2010
Adaptation to climate change is gaining increasing relevance in the public debate of climate policy. However, detailed and regionalised cost estimates as a basis for cost-benefit-analyses are rare. We compose available cost estimates for adaptation in Europe, and in particular Germany, Finland...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003989027
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Agglomeration, population size, and the cost of providing public services : an empirical analysis for German states
Büttner, Thiess (contributor); Schwager, Robert (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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Steuerpolitik in Deutschland : eine Halbzeitbilanz der aktuellen Legislaturperiode im Kontext europäischer Entwicklungen
Bräutigam, Rainer; Spengel, Christoph - 2015
Seit der Unternehmensteuerreform 2008/2009 haben sich die steuerlichen Rahmenbedingungen in Deutschland im Grundsatz … der EU zeigt erste Konsequenzen des steuerlichen Stillstands in Deutschland auf. Im Vergleich zu anderen europäischen … Ländern werden die steuerlichen Standortbedingungen für Unternehmen in Deutschland zusehends unattraktiver. …
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Einige Wirkungen von steuerlichen Umfinanzierungsmaßnahmen in einem makroökonometrischen Ungleichgewichtsmodell für die westdeutsche Volkswirtschaft
Franz, Wolfgang; Göggelmann, Klaus; Winker, Peter - 1997
Gegenstand dieses Beitrags ist eine quantitativ orientierte Diskussion einiger Wirkungen einer Umstrukturierung des Steuersystems anhand der neuesten und wesentlich erweiterten Version des Konstanzer aggregierten Ungleichgewichtsmodells für die westdeutsche Volkswirtschaft für den Zeitraum von...
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Taxation and unemployment : an applied general equilibrium approach for Germany
Böhringer, Christoph (contributor);  … - 2002
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Empirical macromodels under test : a comparative simulation study of the employment effects of a revenue neutral cut in social security contributions
Buscher, Herbert S.; Buslei, Hermann; Göggelmann, Klaus; … - 1998 - Preliminary version
In the paper we simulate a revenue-neutral cut in the social security contribution rate using five different types of macro- / microeconomic models, namely two models based on time-series data where the labour market is modelled basically demand oriented, two models of the class of computable...
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