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systems) and the second to refund the VAT to low-income individuals. The analysis contributes to the existing literature by … second group includes tools that are less distortionary and improve income distribution (tax credits and VAT rate reduction … targeted only at low-income individuals). This paper also finds that allowing the deduction of personal consumption against the …
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A reduction in the legal workweek may induce a degree of downward wage flexibility, while an employment subsidy to firms accommodates downward wage rigidity. It may be possible, therefore, to increase employment with a policy that combines a reduction in the workweek with an employment subsidy....
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The IMF has advised country authorities to roll back tax expenditures as a way to support fiscal consolidation efforts—urging them to evaluate tax expenditures according to clear criteria, and assessing their impact on public finances, economic efficiency, equity, and administrative and...
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With growing academic and policy interest in research and development (R and D) tax incentives, the question about their effectiveness has become ever more relevant. In the absence of an exogenous policy reform, the simultaneous determination of companies' tax positions and their R and D...
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This paper empirically estimates the effects of electric vehicles (EVs) on passenger car emissions to inform the design of policies that encourage EV purchases in Norway. We use exceptionally rich data on the universe of cars and households from Norway, which has a very high share of EVs, thanks...
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significant link between demographic structures and per capita income growth …
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additional tax assessment, reported taxable income is estimated to be 64% higher in the first year after the audit than it would …, reported taxable income is estimated to be approximately 15% lower the year after the audit than it would have been had the …
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