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Environmental taxation and unemployment: some evidence on the 'double dividend hypothesis' in Europe

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The World Assessment of Resource Management model was utilized to determine the validity of the 'double dividend hypothesis' in a European economic setting. Short-term increases in employment and a reduction in gross wages were detected when the revenues from carbon tax were utilized to reduce the social security contributions of employers. Furthermore, net wages absorb the tax change in the long-term which returns employment rate to baseline levels. Longterm conditions of employment double dividend lead to a trade-off between employment and environment.

Econometrics & Model Building, Employment Levels, Environmental aspects, Econometrics, Environmental policy, Business models, Employment forecasting

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The optimal linear taxation of employment and self-employment incomes

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Research was conducted to analyze the problem of optimal linear taxation in a two-occupation endogenous switching model where the tax rates differ between employment and self-employment. A single period model, which was calibrated to the UK economy was investigated. Robustness checks were carried out and the impact of making endogenous unemployment benefits and tax rates were examined.

Jobs & Employment, Self-employed persons, Self employed persons

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Strategic pigouvian taxation, stock externalities and polluting non-renewable resources

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Research into the relationship between a resource-exporting cartel and a coalition of resource-importing country governments is presented. It is concluded that, if the coalition has no strategic benefit, the pigouvian tax corrects only the market inefficiency created by the stock externality. The strategic taxation of emissions has no influence on the monopolistic power of the cartel.

Economic Statistics & Research, Research, Economic conditions, Externalities (Economics), Cartels, Economic stabilization

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