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Das Auslaufen des Solidarpakts II erfordert eine Neuordnung der Finanzbeziehungen zwischen Bund und Ländern. Jenseits ökonomischer Empfehlungen zeichnet sich in der politischen Debatte eine Fokussierung auf zwei Reformvorschläge ab. Zum einen handelt es sich dabei um einen Vorschlag, nach dem...
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Im Jahr 2012 erfolgte die radikalste Gewerbesteuersenkung einer Kommune in Nordrhein-Westfalen seit Jahrzehnten: Die Stadt Monheim am Rhein reduzierte den Hebesatz der Gewerbesteuer um insgesamt mehr als ein Drittel. Dies brachte der Stadt den Vorwurf ein, den Steuerwettbewerb deutlich...
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region model or a model without trade, the steady state assumption is problematic in a multi-regional setting with trade …
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We investigate the importance of ?what?-flexibility on top of ?where?- and ?when?-flexibility for alternative emission control schemes that prescribe long-term temperature targets and eventually impose additional constraints on the rate of temperature change. We find that ?what?-flexibility...
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This paper uses the EAGLE, a multi-country dynamic general equilibrium model, to illustrate dynamic adjustments in a small open economy undergoing real convergence. We consider the effects of productivity catch-up and misperceptions about future productivity developments. Our results indicate...
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This paper studies the impact of a government's efficiency on the taxation policy of a state. Namely, we claim that the countries are different both in the way they tax capital and the way they spend the collected revenue. We build a model of 2 countries competing for foreign investment,...
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Swiss metropolitan areas are comprised of a system of communities with considerable fiscal autonomy. This study investigates how the income tax differentials across communities in an urban area affect the households` location decisions. Data from the urban agglomeration of Basel for the year...
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This paper is concerned with fiscal externalities arising from local taxation of a mobile factor. Using a panel of more 1100 local jurisdictions it provides empirical evidence on how the local tax rate as well as the tax rate in the neighborhood affect the local tax base. The results support the...
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Does increasing transparency improve fiscal policy behavior of local governments? One way this could take place is via Yardstick Competition between incumbents of neighboring municipalities. This paper contributes to the literature by introducing a simple model which employs probabilistic voting...
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Dieser Beitrag untersucht die Wirkungen der Zinsbereinigung des Eigenkapitals auf das zu erwartende Steueraufkommen und auf den internationalen Steuerwettbewerb. Ausgangspunkt hierfür ist eine modelltheoretische Untersuchung des Zusammenhanges zwischen Kapitalmarktrenditen und...
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