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In this paper, we utilise data from a German population survey to test the validity of the Ricardian equivalence theorem (RET). In 2013, 2,000 representatively chosen people were asked whether they have altered their consumption and saving behaviour in response to the significant increase in...
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Employing data from a representative survey conducted in Germany, this paper examines public preferences for the size and composition of government expenditure. We focus on public attitudes toward taxes, public debt incurrence, and public spending in six different policy areas. Our findings...
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In this paper, we utilise data from a German population survey to test the validity of the Ricardian equivalence theorem (RET). In 2013, 2,000 representatively chosen people were asked whether they have altered their consumption and saving behaviour in response to the significant increase in...
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In response to the recent sovereign debt crisis, the member states of the European Union agreed to enact balanced budget rules in their national legislation. However, little is known about the public's opinion of balanced budget rules. To fill this gap, we conducted a survey among 2,000...
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This paper characterizes the term structure of Treasury bond yields for Brazil, and estimates a Nelson-Siegel Model to …
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This paper analyses the pre-tax inequality in the income that individuals actually receive in Brazil and the role of … inequality in Brazil but maintain the decreasing inequality trends, even though they are less pronounced than previously measured ….6 per cent. Brazil’s squeezed middle 40 per cent of the distribution experienced a slight drop in its share, from 34.8 per …
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