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The Incidence of the European Union Emissions Trading System and the Role of Revenue Recycling : Empirical Evidence from Combined Industry- and Household-Level Data

Beznoska, Martin - 2012

We calculate the expected incidence of the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU-ETS) using industry and household-level data. By combining data on direct CO2 emissions by production sector from the German Environmental Account with the German Input-Output Accounts, we calculate the CO2...

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Financial Student Aid and Enrollment into Higher Education : New Evidence from Germany

Steiner, Viktor; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2009

We estimate the elasticity of enrollment into higher education with respect to the amount of means tested student aid (BAfoeG) provided by the federal government using the German Socioeconomic Panel (SOEP). Potential student aid is derived on the basis of a detailed taxbenefit microsimulation...

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Effective Taxation of Top Incomes in Germany, 1992-2002

Bach, Stefan - 2014

We analyze the taxation of top personal incomes in Germany on the basis of an integrated data file of individual tax …

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Would a Legal Minimum Wage Reduce Poverty? A Microsimulation Study for Germany

Müller, Kai-Uwe - 2008

an important policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of the introduction of a nationwide legal … and had no negative employment effects. The ineffectiveness of a minimum wage in Germany is mainly due to the existing …

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Labor Market and Income Effects of a Legal Minimum Wage in Germany

Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2010

policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of a nationwide legal minimum wage of 7.50 € per hour on the …. The ineffectiveness of a minimum wage in Germany is mainly due to the existing system of means-tested income support and …

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Imposed Benefit Sanctions and the Unemployment-to-Employment Transition : The German Experience

Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2008

positive short- and long-term effects of benefit sanctions which are robust for men and women in East and West Germany. The …

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A Wealth Tax on the Rich to Bring Down Public Debt? Revenue and Distributional Effects of a Capital Levy

Bach, Stefan; Beznoska, Martin; Steiner, Viktor - 2011

The idea of higher wealth taxes to finance the mounting public debt in the wake of the financial crises is gaining ground in several OECD countries. We evaluate the revenue and distributional effects of a one-time capital levy on personal net wealth that is currently on the German political...

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Does Consumption Decline at Retirement? Evidence from Repeated Cross-Section Data for Germany

Beznoska, Martin; Steiner, Viktor - 2012

-section data for Germany, this paper analyzes the retirement consumption puzzle for the German case. For our broadest consumption …

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Financial Leverage and Corporate Taxation : Evidence from German Corporate Tax Return Data

Dwenger, Nadja - 2011

corporate tax reform in Germany. The financial leverage is measured by the ratio of long-term debt to total capital. Endogeneity …

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Effective Profit Taxation and the Elasticity of the Corporate Income Tax Base : Evidence from German Corporate Tax Return Data

Dwenger, Nadja - 2011

introduction of a major corporate tax reform in Germany. Endogeneity of the effective tax rate is controlled for by an instrumental …

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