Browsing Τμήμα Οικονομικών / Department of Economics by Subject "Welfare"
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Cross-border pollution, terms of trade, and welfare
(2008)We construct a two-good general equilibrium model of international trade for two small open economies where pollution from production is transmitted across borders. Governments in both countries impose emission taxes ...
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International migration, income taxes and transfers: A welfare analysis
(2003)An important issue in public policy debates is the effect of international migration on welfare in source and host countries. We address this issue by constructing a general equilibrium model of a two-class source or host ...
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International migration, the provision of public goods, and welfare
(1999)This paper highlights the importance of the 'public finance' aspects of international migration on wages and welfare. We construct a general equilibrium model of a labor-exporting (i.e., source) or of a labor-importing ...
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Longevity and education: a macroeconomic perspective
(2007-12)This paper investigates the determinants of longevity at a macroeconomic level, emphasizing the important role played by education. To analyze the determinants of longevity, we build a model where households intentionally ...
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Pollution and reforms of domestic and trade taxes towards uniformity
(2013)This paper builds a small open economy trade model where there is pollution from the production and consumption of goods. In the presence of production and consumption pollution, we examine a piecemeal consumer-price-neutral ...
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Trade and domestic tax reforms in the presence of a public good and different neutrality conditions
(2011)This paper develops a perfectly competitive general-equilibrium model of a small open economy with production of private traded goods and of a public good which is financed by revenues from trade and domestic taxes. Within ...
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Welfare effects of migration in societies with indirect taxes, income transfers and public good provision
(2001)We construct a general equilibrium trade model of a two-class small open host or source country. When consumption tax revenue finances the provision of a public good, marginal migration reduces social welfare in the source ...