In an endogenous growth model with human capital acumulation,I discuss the feasibility of a reduction in a marginal tax rate on labor and capital income, given a predeterminated path for government expenditures. A permanent tax cut is feasible if it can be compensated by an increase in the tax...

En este trabajo se presenta el estado actual de conocimiento del problema de la política fiscal óptima, así como hacia dónde se dirigen las líneas de investigación en este área. En particular se describen los principales resultados derivados de cómo un gobierno debería ejecutar la...

This paper presents the state of art in optimal fiscal policy, focusing on the more promising research lines in this topic. In particular, we show the main results on how the government must implement optimal fiscal policy in different frameworks: from static to dynamic stochastic settings and,...

We show that in a simple growth model, where public consumption enters the utility function, and under constant returns to scale in production, the competitive equilibrium can be undetermined. Indeterminacy of equilibria arises for plausible values of the elasticity of intertemporal substitution...

This paper aims to study international differences in accounting conservatism, excluding the effect ofearnings management practices across three European countries (France, Germany and United Kingdom).These countries not only belong to different accounting regulatory regimes but also present...

This paper analyses whether the impact of European shocks in the Spanisheconomy has increased after the entry of Spain in the European Community. UsingVAR models, we try to disentangle whether the change in the importance of Europe isdue to a change in the size of the shocks or in the...

This paper analyzes the relationship between the dividend and debt policies, firm risk and the director’s ownership. Firstly, the results show that the payment of dividends reduces the risk and the leverage, and increases the ownership. Secondly, the firm risk presents a negative effect on the...

The study focuses on the analysis of market orientation and its effects on two of the most significant sectors in the Valencian Community: the ceramics sector and the tourism sector. Particularly, there arises the need for companies in these sectors to adopt market orientation as a management...