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In this paper, we acknowledge that the mitigation of and adaptation to climate change have differential fiscal impacts. Whereas mitigation typically raises fiscal revenues, adaptation is costly to the taxpayer and to a greater extent the more distortionary the tax system is. In an OLG model with...
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In this paper, we acknowledge that the mitigation of and adaptation to climate change have differential fiscal impacts. Whereas mitigation typically raises fiscal revenues, adaptation is costly to the taxpayer and to a greater extent the more distortionary the tax system is. In an OLG model with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012997332
By using estimates from an Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS), we investigate how the German energy tax on car fuels changes the private households-CO2 emissions, living standards, and post-tax income distribution. Our results show that the tax implies a trade-off between the aim to reduce...
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association of reduction of income inequality (redistribution) with subjective wellbeing. Their results provide evidence that … not only the outcome (inequality), but also the procedure (redistribution) that leads to the outcome influences subjective … people in Europe are negatively affected by income inequality, whereas reduction of inequality has a positive effect on well …
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association of reduction of income inequality by governmental taxes and transfers (redistribution) with subjective well … its reduction, their results might indicate that not only the outcome (inequality), but also the procedure (redistribution …-being. Their results provide evidence that people in Europe are negatively affected by income inequality, whereas reduction of …
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Redistribution and the welfare state have been linked by academic discourse to narratives that portray specific … rich, support for redistribution in Germany is not motivated by the urge to castigate this group for their affluence …
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-efficient households if and only if social inequality aversion is sufficiently high. We further find that redistribution of carbon tax …We develop a model of optimal carbon taxation and redistribution taking into account horizontal equity concerns by … problems, but increase mitigation costs by around 15 percent compared to the first-best for unity inequality aversion. Adding …
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on inequality and progressivity become substantially lower when payroll taxes are reduced, which is due to increased work …
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on inequality and progressivity become substantially lower when payroll taxes are reduced, which is due to increased work …
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on inequality and progressivity become substantially lower when payroll taxes are reduced, which is due to increased work …
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