Es ist noch immer nicht endgültig geklärt, wie fiskalische Dezentralisierung die Höhe und Struktur der öffentlichen Ausgaben beeinflusst. Diese Dissertation analysiert daher zwei zusammenhängende Fragen. Erstens werden die Auswirkungen der fiskalischen Dezentralisierung auf die...

In many countries small businesses expect and generally receive special treatment, concessions or arrangements regarding taxation compared with medium and large business. Such policies are based primarily upon the role and importance of small business in economic growth and especially job...

This paper analyses in the framework of a 2-region economic geography model the impact of transfers on agglomeration of economic activity. Two main results can be derived: First, subsidies to the activity of firms are more efficient to avoid agglomeration than subsidies to consumers (social...

Under current U.S. law, taxpayers can deduct up to 100 percent of their state income taxes from their adjusted gross income when calculating their federal income taxes. As a result, Iowans currently pay approximately $251 million less to the federal government than they would otherwise pay....

This paper analyses the potentials long run effects on theBrazilian economy of two policies in the field of the indirect taxes: a)the reduction of indirect taxes on food consumption by the householdsand; b) the reduction of indirect taxes on the main inputs used in theagricultural activity. The...

I analyze in this paper a financial program found commonly in developing countries that are engaged in improving structural imbalances. Similar programs have also been adopted in industrialized countries, in the U.K. since 1980 and in the U.S. since 1984. A typical financial program consists of...

In this essay we review the evidence from marketing research about price presentation of consumer products and discuss how these lessons have been applied—consciously or unconsciously—in the design of the U.S. tax system. Our perspective is that, in most situations, the designers of the tax...

Many experts equate the best tax system with the simplest, and the best tax reform with the one that most simplifies the system. However, the simplest, most elegant policy need not be the best because tax policy involves a tradeoff among objectives, including equity and efficiency objectives,...

Mokesčių politika turi lemiamą vaidmenį tiek atskiriems ūkio subjektams, verslo plėtrai, tiek valstybės ekonomikai. Verslo išvystymas yra grindžiamas mokesčių sistemos reforma. Norint sukurti efektyvią mokesčių politiką, būtini ekonominiai ūkinių subjektų tyrimai. Magistro...

Magistro darbo tyrimo tikslas – įvertinti mokesčių inspekcijos galimybes skatinti smulkaus ir vidutinio verslo plėtrą bei konkurencingumo augimą. Baigiamąjį darbą sudaro dvi dalys: teorinė ir praktinė. Pirmojoje dalyje apţvelgta mokesčių inspekcijos struktūra, funkcijos, veiklos...