This book uses a computable general equilibrium framework to evaluate recent value-added tax reform proposals in the European Union from a welfare point of view. The individual chapters deal with the development of value-added taxation in Europe, the main institutional features of different...

This paper examines the distributional and efficiency effects of pension privatization in Germany. Starting from a benchmark that refects the current unfunded pension system, a fully funded system is introduced. The accrued benefits of the old system are financed by alternative tax combinations...

The state of the current German pension system is highly alarming. The aging society coupled with the prospect of increasing longevity is causing dramatic fiscal strains to the pay-as-you-go (PAYG) financed statutory pension scheme. In order to keep the current benefit level for future retirees,...

This paper discusses the macroeconomic adjustment and the intergenerational and international incidence of a switch from the current destination-based value-added taxation to a origin-based VAT within a dynamic general equilibrium framework. Such a reform will affect the welfare levels of...

This paper deals with the intergenerational incidence of corporate tax policies in the overlapping generation model. Corportate tax reforms affect the welfare levels of individuals via three Channels: (i) changes in the net. tax burdens, (ii) changes in the factor prices, and (iii) changes in...