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How far are we from the slippery slope? : The Laffer curve revisited
Trabandt, Mathias (contributor); Uhlig, Harald (contributor) - 2006
their labor and capital tax Laffer curves, but the EU-15 economy being much closer to the slippery slopes than the US. Our … than four fifth of a capital tax cut are self-financing in the EU-15 economy. -- Laffer curve ; US and EU-15 economy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003324358
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How far are we from the slippery slope? : the Laffer curve revisited
Trabandt, Mathias; Uhlig, Harald - 2010
We characterize the Laffer curves for labor taxation and capital income taxation quantitatively for the US, the EU-14 … benchmark parameters, we find that the US can increase tax revenues by 30% by raising labor taxes and 6% by raising capital … income taxes. For the EU-14 we obtain 8% and 1%. Denmark and Sweden are on the wrong side of the Laffer curve for capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003972665
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How Far are We from the Slippery Slope? The Laffer Curve Revisited
Uhlig, Harald - 2011
We compare Laffer curves for labor and capital taxation for the US, the EU-14 and individual European countries, using … US can increase tax revenues by 30% by raising labor taxes and by 6% by raising capital income taxes. For the EU-14 we … obtain 8% and 1%. Dynamic scoring for the EU-14 shows that 54% of a labor tax cut and 79% of a capital tax cut are self …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013134023
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How Far are We from the Slippery Slope? The Laffer Curve Revisited
Trabandt, Mathias - 2010
We characterize the Laffer curves for labor taxation and capital income taxation quantitatively for the US, the EU-14 … benchmark parameters, we find that the US can increase tax revenues by 30% by raising labor taxes and 6% by raising capital … income taxes. For the EU-14 we obtain 8% and 1%. Denmark and Sweden are on the wrong side of the Laffer curve for capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013145143
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How Far are We from the Slippery Slope? The Laffer Curve Revisited
Uhlig, Harald; Trabandt, Mathias - 2008
their labor and capital tax Laffer curves, but the EU-15 economy being much closer to the slippery slopes than the US. Our … than four fifth of a capital tax cut are self-financing in the EU-15 economy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014058942
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Student incentives and diversity in college admissions
Pastine, Ivan; Pastine, Tuvana - 2009
This paper examines student incentives when faced with a college admissions policy which pursues student body diversity. The effect of a diversify-conscious admissions policy critically depends on the design of the policy. If the admissions policy fails to incentivize students from a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292818
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Die Zukunft der Gemeinnützigkeit von Krankenhäusern
Henke, Klaus-Dirk; Berhanu, Samuel; Mackenthun, Birgit - 2003
Nach dem in Art. 20 und 28 GG festgeschriebenen Sozialstaatsprinzip ist der Staat verpflichtet, für ein funktionierendes Krankenhauswesen im Sinne einer bedarfsgerechten Versorgung der Bevölkerung mit Krankenhäusern zu sorgen. Es ist dem Staat jedoch überlassen, wie er diesen...
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A simulation model for the demographic transition in the OECD: Data requirements, model structure and calibration
Fehr, Hans; Halder, Gitte; Jokisch, Sabine; Kotlikoff, … - 2003
model has three regions - the U.S., the EU and Japan - which exchange goods and capital. The model features immigration, age …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010305739
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A concern about low relative income, and the alignment of utilitarianism with egalitarianism
Stark, Oded; Kobus, Martyna; Jakubek, Marcin - 2011
A utilitarian social planner who maximizes social welfare assigns the available income to those who are most efficient in converting income into utility. However, when individuals are concerned about their income falling behind the incomes of others, the optimal income distribution under...
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Serving the Public Interest
Markussen, Thomas; Tyran, Jean-Robert - 2010
We present a model of political selection in which voters elect a president from a set of candidates. We assume that some of the candidates are benevolent and that all voters prefer a benevolent president, i.e. a president who serves the public interest. Yet, political selection may fail in our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011310737