The present article studies the growth and efficiency consequences of pension funding with individual retirement accounts (IRAs) in a general equilibrium overlapping generations model with idiosyncratic lifespan and labor income uncertainty. We distinguish between economies with rational and...

The present paper develops a general equilibrium model with overlapping generations and endogenous fertility in order to analyze the interaction between public policy and household labor supply and fertility decisions. The model's benchmark equilibrium reflects the current family policy...

This Handbook provides an authoritative overview of current research in the field of cost–benefit analysis and is designed as a starting point for those interested in undertaking advanced research. The Handbook contains major contributions to the development of the field, focussing on...

The paper analyzes the recent pension reform in Germany which increases the normal retirement age by two years. The applied simulation model features a realistic demographic transition, distinguishes three skill classes with different life expectancies and allows individuals to choose their...

The present paper studies the efficiency properties of means-tested pay-as-you-go financed social security systems. Starting from a benchmark economy without social security, we introduce pension systems of various institutional designs and compare the costs arising from liquidity constraints as...

This paper examines the distributional and efficiency effects of different debt reduction schemes in Italy. To finance a given deficit reduction path, we introduce the so-called Eurotax and endogenously adjust either the consumption tax rate or lump-sum transfers in order to balance the budget....

In this paper we ask who bears the burden of recent deficit reduction schemes in Italy. We implemented a reduction of the public deficit to 3 per cent of the GDP, the value that would allow Italy to meet the Maastricht Treaty criteria. The cut-down is financed by the so-called Eurotax...

Wenn sich Ökonomen mit dem Thema Staatsverschuldung beschäftigen, steht zumeißt die Abwälzung von Lasten auf die nachwachsenden Generationen im Mittelpunkt ihrer Analyse (vgl. etwa Richter, 1992). Der vorliegende Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit der Messung solch langfristiger intergenerativer...

This paper shows how changes in generational accounts relate to the generational incidence of fiscal policy. To illustrate the relationship, it uses the Auerbach-Kotlikoff Dynamic Life-Cycle Simulation Model to compare policy-induced changes in generational accounts with actual changes in...

Zielsetzung des vorliegenden Aufsatzes ist es demnach, die Effizienz- und Verteilungswirkungen eines Übergangs vom gegenwärtig in der Bundesrepublik geltenden Einkommen- und Körperschaftsteuersystem zu einem konsumorientierten Steuersystem zu ermitteln. Charakteristische Merkmale des von der...