This volume is mainly concerned with methods of estimating income elasticity. It is connected with economic development that can be achieved by reducing income inequality, a highly relevant subject in today's world for a wide range of policy areas.

I discuss economic approaches to the demand for harmfully addictive substances with an emphasis on the role of money prices. First, I examine trends in the real prices and in the prevalence of the use of cigarettes, alcohol, cocaine, heroin, and marijuana in the U.S.A. Then I present estimates...

1 Einleitung -- 2 Theorie der Steuervermeidung -- 3 Steuervermeidung in Deutschland -- 4 Elastizität des zu versteuernden Einkommens: Literatur -- 5 Elastizität des zu versteuernden Einkommens: Diff-in-Diff-Berechnung -- 6 Elastizität des zu versteuernden Einkommens: Fixed Effects-Modell -- 7...

In this paper, we build a version of the putty-clay model in which there is a large variety of types of capital goods which are combined with energy in different fixed proportions. Our principal contribution is to establish easily checked conditions under which the problem of solving for the...