In den Vereinigten Staaten werden die Beitragssätze der einzelnen Firmen zur Arbeitslosenversicherung entsprechend ihrer Beanspruchung ermittelt. Dies wird theoretisch damit begründet, daß andernfalls Sektoren mit hohen Entlassungsraten einen großen Teil der entstehenden Folgekosten...

This paper deals with the question, whether in a federal state the regions should obtain the right to levy regional income taxes. It is shown that a revenue sharing system influences the optimal income tax rates and causes distortions. In a federal system with other distorting taxes, several...

This paper deals with the question, whether in a federal state the regions should obtain the right to levy regional income taxes. It is shown that a revenue sharing system influences the optimal income tax rates and causes distortions. In a federal system with other distorting taxes, several...

We study the effect of international trade and freeness of trade on interregional inequality within countries. We estimate a model derived from a structural economic geography approach where interregional inequality depends on weighted trade shares and trade costs and where we can derive an...

We analyze land use regulations in cities with traffic congestion and production spillovers. Land is allocated between residential and industrial uses inside the city boundary or between urban and rural uses at the city boundary. The production is dispersed over the city, and people and firms...

We study the effect of international trade and freeness of trade (openness) on interregional inequality within countries. We estimate a model derived from a structural economic-geography approach in which interregional inequality depends on weighted trade shares and trade costs. In addition to...

Wir untersuchen mittel- und langfristige regionale Beschäftigungseffekte von Veränderungen der Verkehrsinfrastruktur in den deutschen Kreisen. Dabei stehen die indirekten Effekte der Investitionen im Mittelpunkt, die sich mittelbar über die Wirkung der Veränderungen von Erreichbarkeiten...

We study the effect of international trade and freeness of trade on interregional inequality within countries. While most studies focus on single countries and only some use a small panel of countries, we use the two largest databases available to examine these issues. One database is provided...

Many governments subsidize electric mobility (E-mobility) to increase the share of electric vehicles (EV) in the car fleet. This aims at reducing carbon emissions. Despite that there is not much research on the full economic costs and benefits of this measures. There are only a few Cost Benefit...