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The impact of interest-rate subsidies on long-term household debt: Evidence from a large program

Martins, Nuno C.; Villanueva, Ernesto - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2003

The responsiveness of long-term household debt to the interest rate is a crucial parameter for assessing the effectiveness of public policies aimed at promoting specific types of saving. This paper estimates the effect of a reform of Credito Bonificado, a large program in Portugal that...

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Redistributive Policies through Taxation: Theory and Evidence

Grant, Charles; Koulovatianos, Christos; Michaelides, … - Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF) - 2003

Increasing marginal tax rates and making payments to the poor reduce inequality and introduce savings dis … theoretical predictions are tested by exploiting differences in tax rates across US states. Using two surveys, the Consumer …

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Redistributive Policies through Taxation: Theory and Evidence

GRANT, Charles; KOULOVATIANOS, Christos; MICHAELIDES, … - Department of Economics, European University Institute - 2003

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National Revenue Funds: Their Efficacy for Fiscal Stability and Intergenerational Equity

Asfaha, Samuel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

In countries where the political-economy incentives that governments face do not foster prudent revenue management, national revenue funds (NRFs) should not be used to impose optimal expenditure paths. In such countries, NRFs should instead be used as policy tools for re-aligning the diverging...

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The Impact of Interest-rate Subsidies on Long-term Household Debt: Evidence from a Large Program

Martins, Nuno C.; Villanueva, Ernesto - Banco de Portugal - 2003

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Raising Investment in Brazil

Arnold, Jens - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011

-cost funding from a workers’ welfare fund and through budget transfers. Another factor limiting investment is the fragmented tax … system, which raises firms’ compliance costs and adds to an already high tax burden. Finally, regulatory reforms, including …

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Evidence on the Insurance Effect of Redistributive Taxation

Grant, Charles; Koulovatianos, Christos; Michaelides, … - Business School, University of Exeter - 2008

If households face uninsurable idiosyncratic earnings risk, theory predicts that redistributive tax and transfer … systems have both an insurance and a distortionary effect. Exploiting the substantial variation of tax and transfer systems …

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The Effects of Temptation on the Optimal Provision of Education

Lee, Soohyung - Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research … - 2005

This paper provides a framework for analyzing optimal government transfers of education when individuals are tempted to underinvest in education. The government may devise a transfer using a combination of free compulsory education, vouchers and price subsidies. I show that government...

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The Taxation of Income from Capital in Sweden 1980-91

Södersten, Jan - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1987

No abstract.

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Voting under temptation

Bishnu, Monisankar; Wang, Min - Department of Economics, Iowa State University - 2013

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