The aim of this work is analyzing the practical relevance, from a qualitative perspective, of a new methodology which is intended to include firm heterogeneity, as modeled by Melitz (2003), in computable general equilibrium effects. We assess to what extent the inclusion of industries with...

Imputed rental income of homeowners is tax exempt in most countries, despite the long-standing arguments recommending its inclusion in the tax base, on both equity and efficiency grounds. The current fiscal crisis revived interest towards this form of taxation. The paper investigates the fiscal...

The purpose of the research is to unveil conditions for sustainable development by studying relationship between natural (I) and non-natural (II) wealth based on Carl Marx’ re-production scheme. For this purpose, Marx’ simple and complex re-production schemes were modified to: - disaggregate...

The purpose of the research is to unveil conditions for sustainable development by studying relationship between natural (I) and non-natural (II) wealth based on Carl Marx’ re-production scheme. General Equilibrium Model extented to Marx's Production Schema Realization results of the model...

Declared in 2010 as a UNESCO world heritage site, the overseas French Region of La Reunion – Reunion Island – has adopted a strategy for sustainable development which aims to attain energy autonomy by 2030. With currently half of the island’s power generated by coal-fired power plants,...

To study the consquences of the Trans Pacific Partnership on the Vietnamese economy Using a five product econometric modelto measure the impact of individual elements, then synthetize the full set of measures. Vietnam, along with 11 other countries having a Pacific coast (including the USA and...

Using agent-based modeling, this study creates a global carbon trading simulation system, and simulates the global carbon trading market under different scenarioes. To evaluate the effect of quota-based carbon emission permits trading mechanism globally, this article constructs a carbon trading...

In this context, there is a need to assess the role of MFIs to the sustainable growth of women microenterprises, the promotion of entrepreneurship activities and reducing poverty in Sudan. These are therefore the objectives of this research, which in addition tries to investigate the level to...

This paper presents a unified parametric approach to estimate the impact of taxes and transfers on the participation decision. We extend existing structural form methodologies by considering the effect of both taxes and transfers. In our framework, participation probabilities are determined by...

This study aims to analyse Turkish economy for the 2000-2012 term with emphasis on inflation dynamics within the framework of New Keynesian Phillips Curve (NKPC). The aim is to capture whether the inflation dynamics is explained by output gap and/or growth of output explanatory variables or...