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...

The world’s leading economies, both developed and developing, are engaged in an ever changing economic symbiosis that is governed in large part by demographics and technological change, but also by pension, healthcare, and other fiscal policies. This interconnected economic evolution - what...

Main description: Der Tagungsband zur Arbeitstagung 2004 des Finanzwissenschaftlichen Ausschusses zum Thema "Haushaltsdisziplin und öffentliche Verschuldung" bietet in vier Beiträgen einen kompetenten Überblick über Erklärungsansätze für die angespannte Lage der öffentlichen Haushalte...