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Counterintuitive response to tax incentives? Mortgage interest deductions and the demand for debt
(Discussion Papers;No. 492, Working paper, 2007)Abstract: A number of European countries changed their tax system in the early 1990s along the lines of the US tax reform act of 1986. After the reforms marginal tax rates were generally lower, and mortgage interest ... -
Environmental tax reform and producer foresight : an intertemporal computable general equilibrium analysis
(Discussion Papers;No. 185, Working paper, 1996)This paper analyses the non-environmental welfare costs of an environmental tax reform using a numerical intertemporal general equilibrium model for the Norwegian economy. The tax reform is revenue neutral such that an ... -
Labour market rigidities and environmental tax reforms : welfare effects of different regimes
(Discussion Papers;No. 242, Working paper, 1998)The working of the labour market is important for the total welfare effects of tax reforms. This paper analyses, by using a computable general equilibrium model for the Norwegian economy, how different assumptions about ... -
Official forecasts and management of oil windfalls
(Discussion papers (Statistisk sentralbyrå. Forskningsavdelingen);No. 676, Working paper, 2012)Official forecasts for oil revenues and the burden of pensioners are used to estimate forward-looking fiscal policy rules for Norway and compared with permanent-income and bird-in-hand rules. The results suggest that ... -
Social Norms and Private Provision of Public Goods. Endogenous Peer Groups
(Discussion papers;257, Working paper, 1999-07)The formation of peer groups with social norms for private contributions to a public good is analyzed in an n-player two stage game. First people choose a peer group, then they choose whether to contribute. The first choice ... -
Taxation, unemployment and growth: dynamic welfare effects of "green" policies
(Discussion Papers;No. 183, Working paper, 1996)This paper analyses the effects of so-called "green" tax reforms on a small, open economy producing an imperfect substitute for foreign goods, using an intertemporal general equilibrium model. The labour market is characterised ... -
The equilibrium relationship between public and total employment. The importance of endogenous non-labour income
(Discussion papers;779, Working paper, 2014-04)This paper analyses the general equilibrium relationship between increases in tax financed public employment and total employment, emphasizing one income effect: Reallocating employment from the private to the public sector ... -
The Social cost of government spending in an economy with large tax distortions. A CGE decomposition for Norway
(Discussion Papers;No. 396, Working paper, 2004)Abstract: We use a CGE model to estimate the social cost of a marginal increase in public expenditure in Norway. Norway exemplifies an economy with high taxes. Distortionary taxes imply wedges between the market prices ... -
The welfare cost of market power : accounting for intermediate good firms
(Discussion Papers;No. 502, Working paper, 2007)Abstract: The market power of firms in intermediate good markets is found to generate a substantial welfare cost. Markup pricing of intermediate good firms contributes to increase the wedge between the marginal product ... -
The welfare effects of carbon policies: grandfathered quotas versus differentiated taxes
(Discussion Papers;No. 261, Working paper, 1999)Recently, it has been demonstrated that pre-existing distortionary taxes can substantially increase the costs of market-based instruments which do not raise revenue, such as non-auctioned emissions quotas. Revenue-raising ... -
Welfare effects of VAT reforms: A general equilibrium analysis
(Discussion Papers;No. 343, Working paper, 2003)Abstract: Indirect taxes such as value added taxes (VAT) generate a substantial part of tax revenue in many countries. This paper analyses welfare effects of different reforms in the Norwegian system of indirect taxation. ...