1. Refereed Journal // 2003

    Consumption vs. wage taxation and the capital levy

    Based on a representative consumer framework, it has been argued that wage taxation is inferior to consumption taxation. This note shows that the opposite result may emerge in a model where households are…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2003

    Carbon Taxes and Joint Implementation. An Applied General Equilibrium Analysis for Germany and India

    Germany has committed itself to reducing its carbon emissions by 25 percent in 2005 as compared to 1990 emission levels. To achieve this goal, the government has recently launched an environmental tax reform…

  3. Refereed Journal // 2003

    Does Fixed-Term Contract Employment Raise Firms' Adjustment Speed? Evidence from an Establishment Panel for West Germany

    Fixed-term labour contracts were liberalised in Germany in order to raise the flexibility of the labour market. However, empirical studies using industry-level data find no significant effect of FTCs on…