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European countries have the world's most redistributive tax and transfer systems. Although they have been well equipped to deal with vertical inequality -- that is, fostering redistribution from the rich to the poor -- less is known about their performance in dealing with horizontal inequality,...
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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act constitutes the largest change to the US tax system since the 1980s and thoroughly alters the way in which multinational companies are taxed. Current assessments on the reform’s international impact vary widely. This article sheds light on the tax reform’s expected...
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When measuring income inequality over long periods of time, accounting for population and productivity growth is important. This paper presents three alternative measures of top income shares that more explicitly account for population and income growth than the standard measure. We apply these...
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COVID-19 hit firms by surprise. In a high frequency, representative panel of German firms, the business outlook declined and business uncertainty increased only when the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic led to domestic policy changes: The announcement of nation-wide school closures on March 13...
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COVID-19 hit firms by surprise. In a high frequency, representative panel of German firms, the business outlook declined and business uncertainty increased only when the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic led to domestic policy changes: The announcement of nation-wide school closures on March 13...
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Die ökonomischen Kosten des Shutdown bestehen vor allem in der entfallenden Wertschöpfung während der Zeit der Produktionsunterbrechung und potenziellen Folgekosten in Form verzögerter Rückkehr zu normaler wirtschaftlicher Aktivität oder dauerhaften Beeinträchtigungen in Folge von...
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Zur Bekämpfung der Corona-Pandemie wurde die Wirtschaftstätigkeit in weiten Teilen der deutschen Volkswirtschaft in erheblichem Maße heruntergefahren. Diese Studie untersucht mithilfe der Daten aus der ifo Konjunkturumfrage, wie deutsche Unternehmen im Zuge dieses partiellen Shutdown ihre...
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Die Corona-Pandemie und die Maßnahmen zur Eindämmung haben die deutsche Wirtschaft in die mit Abstand tiefste Rezession ihrer Nachkriegsgeschichte gestürzt. Das Bruttoinlandsprodukt dürfte nach einem Rückgang im ersten Vierteljahr 2020 in Höhe von 2,2% im zweiten Vierteljahr noch einmal um...
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