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Macroeconomic Policies and Poverty Reduction; Stylized Facts and An Overview of Research
Cashin, Paul; Pattillo, Catherine A.; Sahay, Ratna; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
This paper provides a brief and selective overview of research on the links between macroeconomic policies and poverty reduction. Using the Human Development Index as a measure of well-being, the progress made by 100 countries during 1975–98 is presented, and its association with macroeconomic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005604850
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Income Distribution and Tax and Government Social Spending Policies in Developing Countries
Chu, Ke-young; Davoodi, Hamid Reza; Gupta, Sanjeev - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
This paper reviews income distribution in developing (and transition) countries in recent decades. On average, before-tax income distribution in developing countries is less unequal than in industrial countries. However, unlike industrial countries, developing countries in general have not been...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248221
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Land Transport Systems under Climate Change: A Macroeconomic Assessment of Adaptation Measures for the Case of Austria
Bachner, Gabriel - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Social- und … - 2015
In the light of climate change, transport systems become increasingly stressed by extreme weather and gradual climatic … adaptation measures for the land transport sectors. To reveal both direct and indirect effects of impacts and adaptation a … effects are found to be larger than the direct ones due to strong economic interlinkages with the transport system. Adaptation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011168931
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U.S. Fiscal Policies and Priorities for Long-Run Sustainability
Mühleisen, Martin; Towe, Christopher M. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
This paper presents an overview of recent U.S. fiscal developments and discusses possible implications of the sharp turn around in the government’s fiscal position. Against this back ground, it also reviews key policy challenges that will need to be addressed to cope with the mounting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005824863
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U.S. Tax Reform; An Overview of the Current Debate and Policy Options
Dalsgaard, Thomas - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
In the context of the current tax policy debate in the United States, this paper reviews and discusses some of the main recurrent themes, as well as some of the most important tax reform proposals put forward over the past two decades. It finds that although there seems to be widespread...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825846
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The political economy of energy tax differentiation across industries: theory and empirical evidence
Anger, Niels; Böhringer, Christoph; Lange, Andreas - In: Journal of Regulatory Economics 47 (2015) 1, pp. 78-98
<Para ID="Par1">We investigate political economy determinants of energy tax differentiation across industries. Based on a theoretical common agency model, we show that differences in the ease of energy demand reductions across industries explain the pattern of tax differentiation: if the government is...</para>
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Verbesserung der Energieeffizienz als Gegenleistung für Vergünstigungen bei der Energiebesteuerung
Eichhammer, Wolfgang; Kohlhaas, Michael; Neuhoff, Karsten; … - In: DIW Wochenbericht 79 (2012) 10, pp. 3-9
Bei Einführung der ökologischen Steuerreform im Jahr 1999 wurden Unternehmen des Produzierenden Gewerbes sowie der Land- und Forstwirtschaft Vergünstigungen bei der Strom- und Energiesteuer eingeräumt. Die Bundesregierung plant, diese Vergünstigungen auch in Zukunft beizubehalten. Dazu...
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Greenhouse gas abatement and tradable emission permits in open economies; a comment on Kalle Maatta's paper
Kageson, Per - In: International Journal of Global Energy Issues 12 (1999) 7/8, pp. 332-335
The topic of this paper is the question of what would be an optimum solution for a country or a greater region that wants to become a forerunner in the abatement of greenhouse gases. Tradeable emission permits are identified as being most beneficial from an environmental efficiency point of view...
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Harmonisation of Excise Duties on Energy Products and Electricity in Central and Eastern European Countries
Ma?cu Simona; Valentin, Burlacu; Diana, Cojocaru - In: Ovidius University Annals, Economic Sciences Series XIII (2013) 1, pp. 330-335
The field of excise duty taxes focuses on the use of these economic instruments designed by the European law in the context of protecting the environment and public health and to establish a prudent and rational utilisation of natural resources. Focusing mainly on deriving and explaining...
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The distributional effects of energy taxes
Flues, Florens; Thomas, Alastair - Centre for Tax Policy and Administration (CTPA), … - 2015
an expenditure basis, taxes on transport fuels are not regressive on average, as households in lower expenditure deciles … spend a lower proportion of their expenditure on taxes on transport fuels. While the unweighted 21-country average of the … proportion of income spent on transport fuel taxes is highest for households in the lowest and in the middle deciles, there is …
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