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exchange rate movements, international price level differentials, output stimulation, and welfare effects. Since Mundell (1963 … entire absence of microfoundations results in the use of ad-hoc welfare criteria for the evaluation of alternative policy … microfoundations with the MF assumption of nominal rigidities. This approach allows for an explicit welfare analysis on the basis of …
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"We develop an evolutionary game theory model for a limited access common pool resource. With full disclosure of …
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This paper analyzes the determinants of Spain's macroeconomic fluctuations since the inception of the euro in 1999, with a special attention to observed growth and inflation differentials with respect to the rest of the European Monetary Union (EMU). For that purpose we estimate the Banco de...
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Reformen auf die Einkommensverteilung maßgeblich ab. Dies legt den Schluss nahe, dass eine Reform des gegenwärtigen … fully dynamic model class overlapping generations of Fehr (1999) enabling a decomposition of welfare effects into efficiency …
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-wide welfare and two fiscal authorities minimizing comparable, but slightly different country-wide losses. The rivalry between the … three authorities is analyzed in seven static games. Comparing a homogeneous with a heterogeneous monetary union, welfare …
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Consumer Tendency Survey fall within these bounds throughout the whole sample period. Moreover we show that, as Fisher's theory …
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basic economic equations and the policy makers’ welfare functions are derived. In a reduced-form macro model, it is shown … that welfare losses are significantly higher in a heterogeneous scenario compared to the homogeneous reference case. The …
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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,...
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This article discusses probably the most significant obstacle to the adoption of a consumption tax: the negative effects on existing wealth that the transition from the income tax to most forms of a consumption tax would have. The Congressional Budget Office in its 1997 study posed the question,...
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The article builds on the Hall-Rabushka Flat Tax and proposes a consumption tax called the “E Tax,” which is an electronically collected credit invoice VAT. The Hall-Rabushka Flat Tax is a two-tier consumption tax that is based on a subtraction method VAT. The Hall-Rabushka nuance, however,...
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