Die empirische Messung der Wohlfahrtswirkungen von Steuerreformen hat noch nicht den Stand der theoretischen Literatur erreicht. Das Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit ist es, die theoretischen Konzepte der Wohlfahrtsmessung mit der Technik der Mikrosimulation zu verbinden. Hierdurch soll die...

This paper describes FiFoSiM, the integrated tax benefit microsimulation and CGE model of the Center of Public Economics at the University of Cologne. FiFoSiM consists of three main parts. The first part is a static tax benefit microsimulation module. The second part adds a behavioural component...

Political Economy and Public Choice have studied the interactions between the economy and the polity for over 60 years now. The present paper endeavours to provide a critical discussion of this literature and its achievements. In particular, it starts with the different approaches based on...