This contribution describes ErbSiHM 0.1 which is an inheritance tax simulation model.ErbSiHM 0.1 comprises of a microsimulation model based on the data of the GermanInheritance Tax Statistics 2002 and a group simulation model employing the data of theSOEP. The microsimulation model of ErbSiHM...

An interesting puzzle is that trade liberalization in the 1980s and 1990s has been associated with a sharp increase in the skill premium in both developed and developing countries.This is in contrast with neoclassical theory, according to which trade should increase therelative return of the...

Eine der wichtigsten wirtschaftspolitischen Fragen des China der neunziger Jahre ist die Beziehung zwischen Zentrale und Regionen. Ursache ist die weit verbreitete Perzeption, daß zum einen sich die fiskalische Position des Zentralstaates stetig verschlechtert habe, und daß zum anderen die...

Public pension programmes in many OECD countries are in difficulties. With anageing population, and declining participation of working age men in paid work,existing pension arrangements are far too costly in many countries, both now and inthe future. This paper examines the evidence as to...

The goal of this paper is to examine the shape of the Laffer curve quantitativelyin a simple neoclassical growth model calibrated to the US as well as to the EU-15 economy. We show that the US and the EU-15 area are located on the left side of their labor and capital tax Laffer curves, but the...

In the last few years it has been possible to observe decreasing interest margins forGerman universal banks. At the same time, institutions increasingly moved partof their business from interest to fee-earning activities. This study analyzes thedeterminants of non-interest income and its impact...

Der vorliegende Beitrag ist Dieter Schneeloch gewidmet, mit dem mich eine nunbald 30-jährige fachliche Zusammenarbeit und eine daraus entstandene persönlicheFreundschaft verbinden. Als ich die ehrenvolle Einladung erhielt, an einerFestschrift zu seinen Ehren mitzuwirken, habe ich daher sofort...