The paper examines the efficiency effects the viable integrated value-added tax(VIVAT) system, which was recently proposed as the future VAT system for Europe. We frist describe the difference in the administration of the current transitional system and the VIVAT system. Then we present a...

The main goal of the paper is to assess the effects of several permanent tax rate hikes implemented by the Spanish Government in 2009 and 2010 to counteract the rapid increase of the public deficit and debt registered in 2009 and 2010. It uses a numerical general equilibrium model calibrated to...

This paper examines the efficiency effects of the variable integrated value-added tax (VIVAT) system, which was recently proposed as the future VAT system for the European Union (E.U.). We first describe the difference in the administration of the current transitional system and the VIVAT...

The aim of this paper is to analyze the energy sector in Andalusia, a Spanish region, and its importance from the viewpoint of final energy consumption, trying to determine which demands are the most costly to satisfy in terms of emissions of pollutants to the atmosphere. To do this, we apply an...

In 1985?86 the authors were members of a team that constructed a static applied general equilibrium model that was used to analyze the impact on the Spanish economy of the 1986 fiscal reform, which accompanied Spain?s entry into the European Community. This paper compares the results obtained to...

The aim of this paper is to quantify the impact of the reduction on social security contributions (SSCs) of employers recently claimed by the Spanish enterprisers' organizations on the main macroeconomic variables. The effects of this tax reform are evaluated with a Computable General...