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France has a track record of persistent general government deficits, partly reflecting pro-cyclical fiscal policies in upswings. This has resulted in a quadrupling of its public debt-to-GDP ratio since the 1970s to above 80% of GDP. Reducing public debt is crucial because a high level of public...
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and expenditure assignments. This link reflects traditionally weak support for redistribution across jurisdictions. Grants …
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The climate challenge requires ambitious climate policy. A sudden increase in carbon prices can lead to major shocks to the stock market. Some assets will lose part of their value, others all of it, and hence become "stranded". If the markets are not ready to absorb the shock, a financial crisis...
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Germany, including about taxes should be part of the redistribution of the federal financial equalisation system. The court … taxes that are actually part of the redistribution of the federal financial equalisation system (e.g. beer, gaming casinos …
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Oates and Schwab (1988) consider an economy with mobil capital and jurisdictions that suffer from local pollution. They show that welfare-maximizing jurisdictions implement the first-best, if they take prices as given and have at their disposal a capital tax and an environmental standard....
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The paper seeks to analyze the distribution of real estate assets among Brazilian families and Imposto Predial e Territorial Urbano (IPTU) - property tax - their main form of taxation. The text points out that real estate property usufruct is more concentrated than family income itself, despite...
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Nach einer fast 20-jährigen Vorgeschichte hat sich das Bundesverfassungsgericht (BVerfG) mit der Bemessungsgrundlage der Grundsteuer beschäftigt. Dabei geht es um die veralteten Einheitswerte, aber auch um die Gesetzgebungskompetenz für das geltende Bewertungsgesetz. Die Autoren diskutieren...
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Special Economic Zones have been operating in Poland since 1994 and are still growing. Tax incentives being offered in these Zones, as good infrastructure and administration support, are supposed to be attractions for newly established companies. The purpose of this article is to investigate...
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Energy Price Reform in ChinaThe Chinese leadership has determined to assign the market a decisive role in allocating resources. To have the market to play that role, getting the energy prices right is crucial because this sends clear signals to both producers and consumers of energy. While the...
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this pattern and tests them in a natural experiment from Germany. The first hypothesis is that fiscal redistribution … the perspective of local governments; the second is that a desire for redistribution within jurisdictions induces a shift … taxation serves as a Pigouvian intervention to correct externalities. The empirical analysis supports redistribution between …
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