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Systems of packaging waste recycling in the EU : comparing five different case-studies

Cruz, Nuno F.; Simões, Pedro; Marques, Rui Cunha - 2012

All European Union (EU) member states have to comply with the demanding recycling rates targets that were set for the recovery of packaging waste in the Directive 94/62/EC. Nevertheless, each country has its own system for accomplishing these targets. Some already had national legislation when...

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Financial flows in the recycling of packaging waste : the case of France

Simões, Pedro; Cruz, Nuno; Marques, Rui Cunha - 2012

The recycling of packaging waste is an objective of the Community with very ambitious recycling rate targets laid down in the European law. Research on the operations and on the financial and economic costs that resulted from this environmental policy is an ongoing effort. Currently, there is...

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The optimal subsidy on electric vehicles in a metropolitan area : a SCGE study for Germany

Hirte, Georg; Tscharaktschiew, Stefan - 2012

Many governments subsidize electric mobility (E-mobility) to increase the share of electric vehicles (EV) in the car fleet. This aims at reducing carbon emissions. Despite that there is not much research on the full economic costs and benefits of this measures. There are only a few Cost Benefit...

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Temporary VAT reduction during the lockdown : evidence from Germany

Clemens, Marius; Röger, Werner - 2021

This paper evaluates the temporary VAT reduction invoked by the German government over the third and fourth quarter of 2020 as part of the COVID-19 stimulus package. There is considerable controversy. Critics argue that VAT reductions are ineffective in the presence of lockdown measures in place...

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Like father, like son? : a comparison of absolute and relative intergenerational labour income mobility in Germany and the US

Stockhausen, Maximilian - 2019

Are children better off than their parents? This highly debated question in politics and economics is investigated by analysing the trends in absolute and relative intergenerational labour income mobility for Germany and the US. High quality panel data is used for this purpose; the SOEP for...

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On income tax avoidance : the case of Germany revisited

Fauser, Hannes - 2019

I study tax avoidance along the income distribution based on micro data from the Income and Consumption Survey (EVS) for the year 2013. The richness of the survey concerning income, taxes and expenditures is exploited by modelling the German tax code in terms of the items available in the EVS....

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Old-age poverty : the household perspective : a microsimulation approach of pension entitlements in Germany

Finkler, Sebastian - 2019 - This version: 11 February 2019

Providing a decent living standard and preventing old-age poverty are the two major challenges of pension insurance … schemes. Replacement rates below the poverty line despite many years of contribution represent a major challenge for public … perspective and considers household retirement incomes in the light of analysing old-age poverty and designing (minimum) pension …

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