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Begünstigt das geplante Steuerabkommen zwischen Deutschland und der Schweiz Steuerhinterzieher und sollte besser nachverhandelt werden? Oder führt das Abkommen zu größerer Steuergerechtigkeit? Charles B. Blankart, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin und Universität Luzern, zeigt die beiden...
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It is often disregarded that the euro is first of all a public good based on common institutions such the European Central Bank, the Governing Council and a network for executing transactions etc. Establishing a public good is fundamentally different from trade in private goods. A public good...
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Eric Jones has found that excessive taxes were detrimental for pre-modern China’s economic growth whereas moderate taxes were conducive for Europe’s economic growth. This paper provides a political-economic answer to the question why these two tax systems came about. Taxation is only...
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Die Bürgerinnen und die Bürger können im Staat nicht alles selbst entscheiden. Sie brauchen Repräsentanten. Charles B. Blankart, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin und Universität Luzern, und Dennis C. Mueller, Universität Wien, stellen in ihrem Kommentar fünf Regierungsmodelle vor und...
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Mutual debt liability of the German federal states (Länder) contributed to the large increase of public debt in Germany over the last half century. A commission eager to impose stricter debt limits on state budgets encountered opposition by the Länder. This article proposes the strengthening...
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