"We study a two-sector economy with investments in human and physical capital and imperfect labor markets. Human and physical capital are heterogeneous. Workers and firms endogenously select the sector they are active in and choose the amount of their sector-specific investments. To enter the...

"This paper examines equilibrium tax rates and provision levels of public goods in an international tax competition setting with imperfect labour markets. While earlier research mainly reexamined the result of underprovision of public consumption goods in the decentralised equilibrium, this...

"We study a two-sector economy with investments in human and physical capital and imperfect labor markets. Human and physical capital are heterogeneous. Workers and firms endogenously select the sector they are active in and choose the amount of their sector-specific investments. To enter the...

In den vergangenen Monaten ist der Abbau der kalten Progression wieder in den Fokus der Steuerpolitik gerückt. Das Ziel sollte jedoch nicht darin bestehen, das Problem durch eine diskretionäre Anpassung des Tarifs lediglich temporär zu lösen. Um dauerhaft Abhilfe zu schaffen, muss der...

This paper analyses some fiscal aspects of mortgage debt in the EU. It first describes the main fiscal instruments that governments use to affect mortgage-financed home-ownership. In the empirical part, real mortgage debt growth is analysed for 15 EU countries using pooled regressions. Fiscal...

Chapter from: 'Rising Inequality in China: Challenge to a Harmonious Society', edited by Shi Li, Hiroshi Sato and Terry Sicular.

Wie ist der von Paul Kirchhof in diesem Jahr vorgelegte Entwurf zur Reform des deutschen Steuerrechts zu beurteilen? Dieter Dziadkowski, Mitglied der Ursprungslandkommission und der Einkommensteuer-(Bareis)-Kommission, betont, dass der Reformentwurf »ein ganzheitliches Werk« sei mit dem Ziel,...