In this paper, we study how lower corporate tax rates impact investment by including two novel channels into a DSGE model used for fiscal policy analysis in Norway. We capture both how foreign firms relocate and invest in the country when corporate taxes are reduced and how the inflow of FDI...

The issue discussed in the paper is highly relevant and topical in economic practice because of changes in the recognition of certain assets and their depreciation. The author’s research established that depreciation write-off in financial terms constitute capital comprising two components:...

Economists have mainly focused on human capital accumulation and considerably less on the causes and consequences of human capital depreciation in late adulthood. Studying human capital depreciation over the life cycle has powerful economic consequences for decision-making in old age. Using data...

Human capital can depreciate if skills are unused. But estimating human capital depreciation is challenging, as worker skills are difficult to measure and less productive workers are more likely to spend time in non-employment. We overcome these challenges with new administrative data on...

This study compares incentive effects of various tax depreciation methods which are currently employed in selected OECD countries. Their generosity is determined on the basis of Samuelson's true economic depreciation. For this purpose, the present value model is applied. The central issue is...

In dieser Arbeit werden die realen Effekte von Steuerreformen untersucht. Die Politik nutzt häufig Steuerreformen, um realwirtschaftliche Entscheidungen von Unternehmen, wie zum Beispiel Investitionsentscheidungen, zu beeinflussen. Die zugrundeliegende Annahme ist, dass der Besteuerung eine...