An increasing number of tropical timber producing nations have enacted bans on export of logs. Proponents argue that a log export ban is a second-best policy tool for addressing environmental externalities; it also creates more jobs and improves scale efficiencies domestically. Theoretical...

In the OECD countries, the recovery from the slump of 2001 was slow and painful. According to preliminary figures, these countries managed a growth in GDP of 1.3 percent in 2002, compared to 0.8 percent in 2001. In view of the geopolitical vagaries of the second half of 2002, demand for...

Throughout 2001, economic growth in the USA, Japan and the European Union was clearly losing momentum. In line with this development, Austria also recorded a marked slow-down in its pace of economic growth. While the economy had still been growing at a rate of 3 percent in 2000, macroeconomic...

Ohne die Aufkommensdynamik der Lohnsteuer wären die Konsolidierungsprobleme des Staates noch schwieriger zu bewältigen. Hohe Mehreinnahmen durch heimliche Steuererhöhungen einerseits und wechselnde Belastungswirkungen andererseits kennzeichnen in letzter Zeit die Entwicklung der nach wie vor...