Household saving behavior in the Nordic countries is studied by trying to figure out the effects of tax factors on its level and fluctuations. By and large, the lower level of the household saving ratio in the Nordic countries relative to the rest of the OECD can be accounted for by higher...

A quasi-linear, additively separable utility function is used to describe preferences between consumption and leisure and analyse occupational choice between one non-criminal and two criminal activities when individuals are heterogeneous in terms of their productivity. Occupational...