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Tax reforms and labour-market performance: An evaluation for Spain using REMS
Emilio Boscá, José; Domenech, Rafael; Ferri, Javier - BBVA Research, Grupo BBVA - 2009
This paper uses REMS, a Rational Expectations Model of the Spanish economy designed by Bosca et al (2007) to analyse the effects of lowering the overall tax edge to the level prevailing in the US. Our results partially confirm previous findings in the literature: a reduction in the overall tax...
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Analyzing a Flat Income Tax in the Netherlands
Jacobs, Bas; Mooij, Ruud A. de; Folmer, Kees - Tinbergen Institute - 2007
A flat tax rate on income has gained popularity in European countries. This paper assesses the attractiveness of such a flat tax in achieving redistributive objectives with the least cost to labour market performance. We do so by using a detailed applied general equilibrium model for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137282
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Analyzing a Flat Income Tax in the Netherlands
Jacobs, Bas; Mooij, Ruud A. de; Folmer, Kees - Tinbergen Instituut - 2007
A flat tax rate on income has gained popularity in European countries. This paper assesses the attractiveness of such a flat tax in achieving redistributive objectives with the least cost to labour market performance. We do so by using a detailed applied general equilibrium model for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257205
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The heterogeneity and cyclical sensitivity of unemployment : and exploration of German labour market flows ; the European unemployment problem
Schmidt, Christoph - In: CESifo Forum 1 (2000) 1, pp. 17-20
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The European Labour Markets - Differences in Labour Markets Across the Atlantic
Puhani, Patrick - In: CESifo Forum 5 (2004) 1, pp. 12-18
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The Labour Market and the Job Miracle
Heckman, James J.; Agell, Jonas; Gertser, Florian; … - In: CESifo Forum 4 (2003) 2, pp. 29-48
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Estimating carbon leakage and the efficiency of border adjustments in general equilibrium — Does sectoral aggregation matter?
Caron, Justin - In: Energy Economics 34 (2012) S2, pp. 111-111
Estimates of the carbon leakage resulting from sub-global climate policies tend to be lower when using economy-wide general equilibrium models than what technology-specific and bottom-up models suggest. In order to test whether this difference is due to excessive sectoral aggregation, I exploit...
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Chancen und Risiken einer Wirtschafts- und Währungsunion zwischen der Bundesrepublik und der DDR
Leibfritz, Willi; Thanner, Benedikt - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 43 (1990) 07, pp. 07-12
Die Verfasser beschreiben die aktuelle Situation in Bundesrepublik und DDR und zeigen dann, daß sich die Integration nicht an einem Zwei-Länder-Handels- und Wachstumsmodell orientieren kann. Sie ist eher als ein Problem der Regionalentwicklung innerhalb eines Wirtschaftsraumes zu sehen. Wegen...
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Capital Malleability, Emission Leakage and the Cost of Partial Climate Policies: General Equilibrium Analysis of the European Union Emission Trading System
Lanzi, Elisa; Wing, Ian Sue - In: Environmental & Resource Economics 55 (2013) 2, pp. 257-289
Computable general equilibrium (CGE) models are the premier analytical platform for assessing the economic impacts of … dampen reallocation is not well understood, there is concern that CGE assessments understate the true costs of greenhouse gas … (GHG) reduction policies. This paper uses a multi-region, multi-sector CGE model to investigate cap-and-trade schemes, such …
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