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Doctor of Philosophy
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Die vorliegende Dissertation besteht aus fünf unabhängigen Forschungspapieren über optimale Steuer- und Bildungspolitik, welche ich während meines Promotionsstudiums an der Universität Konstanz erstellt habe. Private Versicherungen gegen Einkommensrisiko können aufgrund von moral hazard...
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We develop an overlapping generations model with retradeable paper assets and capital accumulation to analyze the interaction between the real economy and an international asset market. The world consists of two homogeneous countries, which differ only in their initial levels of capital. Two...
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The aim of this paper is to investigate the spillover effects through an endogenous world interest rate on the inequality of nations. The model of K. Matsuyama (Econometrica 72 (2004)) is explored under the alternative assumption that the world economy consists of two countries, instead of a...
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In this paper we develop a spatial Cournot trade model with two unequally sized countries, using the geographical interpretation of the Hotelling line. We analyze the trade and welfare effects of international trade between these two countries. The welfare analysis indicates that in this...
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University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. August 2009. Major: Economics. Advisor: Larry Jones. 1 computer file (PDF); vii, 102 pages, appendices A-B.
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Optimal tax theory has difficulty rationalizing high marginal tax rates at the upper end of the labor income …
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This dissertation analyzes the optimal mix of direct and indirect taxes in an economy with multiple tax collecting authorities when both the taxes are subject to evasion and to what extent the tax compliance behavior of individuals in the United States are persistent and spatially dependent....
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Following Chamley, Lucas, Laitner, and Aiyagari, this dissertation continues toexplore the answer for the question of zero capital taxation by discussing how taxeson capital income, labor income, and property affect the economy in the contextof a vintage capital model where the embodied...
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Diese Doktorarbeit besteht aus vier eigenständigen Forschungsarbeiten, die in der Zeit von Oktober 2004 bis Oktober 2007 geschrieben wurden, während ich Teilnehmer am "Doctoral Programme in Quantitative Economics and Finance" an der Universität Konstanz war. Meine Forschungsinteressen...
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