Search for dissertations about: "tax reform"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 54 swedish dissertations containing the words tax reform.

  2. 11. Economic Decisions and Social Norms in Life and Death Situations

    Author : Oscar Erixson; Henry Ohlsson; Mikael Elinder; Matthew Lindqvist; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; mortality; social norms; dicrimination; maritime disasters; altruism; estate division; wills; equal sharing; bequests motives; inheritances; windfall gains; tax reform; labor income; capital income; health; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Essay 1: (with Mikael Elinder) Since the sinking of the Titanic, there has been a widespread belief that the social norm of “women and children first” (WCF) gives women a survival advantage over men in maritime disasters, and that captains and crew members give priority to passengers. We analyze a database of 18 maritime disasters spanning three centuries, covering the fate of over 15,000 individuals of more than 30 nationalities. READ MORE

  4. 12. On Tax Preferences and Fiscal Competition

    Author : Niklas Jakobsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : In the first paper I am using Swedish survey data on people’s opinion about the municipal earned income tax to assess what shapes people’s preferences about this tax. The central result is that the tax rate actually faced by the respondents is not important for these preferences. READ MORE

  5. 13. Essays on Housing : tax treatment, prices, and macroeconomic implications

    Author : Markus Karlman; John Hassler; Per Krusell; Peter Englund; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; macroeconomics; housing; house prices; mortgage interest deduction; marginal propensity to consume; welfare; heterogeneous agents; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Costly reversals of bad policies: the case of the mortgage interest deductionThis paper measures the welfare effects of removing the mortgage interest deduction under a variety of implementation scenarios. To this end, we build a life-cycle model with heterogeneous households calibrated to the U.S. READ MORE

  6. 14. Utilization of tax allowances and corporate borrowing

    Author : Gunnar Forsling; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of three self-contained essays on corporate taxation.Essay I is a descriptive analysis of the utilization of tax allowances by Swedish tax-paying firms. We conclude that firms have systematically failed to take full advantage of the allowances granted by the government. READ MORE

  7. 15. The Hausman-MaCurdy Controversy and Tax Reform Evaluation Using Nonparametric Methods: Sweden 1980-1991

    Author : Matias Eklöf; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

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