Davies, Ronald B.(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2012-10)
Since its conception, some within the European Union have expressed concerns over
the ability of multinationals to avoid taxation by undertaking transfer pricing to shift profits
towards low tax locations. These concerns ...
The most common notion of environmental tax reform (ETR) is the use of the revenue from environmental taxes to reduce distortionary labour taxes. The PETRAS project1 has shown that there are a number of social and political ...
Clinch, J. Peter; Dunne, Louise(University College Dublin. School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Policy, 2002-03)
The most common definition of Environmental Tax Reform (ETR) is the use of the revenue from environmental taxes to reduce distortionary labour taxes. However, the PETRAS project has shown that there are a number of social ...
This paper analyzes the role of tax policy in the transformation of the Irish economy
from the 1980s to the 1990s. Details are provided of the marked underperformance
of the economy in the 1980s, evidenced by rising ...
The comparative study of debt and fiscal consolidation has acquired a new focus in the wake of the global financial crisis. This leads us to re-evaluate the literature on fiscal consolidation that flourished during the ...
Bargain, Olivier; Callan, Tim(University College Dublin. School of EconomicsUniversity College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2007-08)
To assess the impact of tax-benefit policy changes on income distribution over time, we suggest a methodology based on counterfactual simulations. We start by decomposing changes in inequality/poverty indices into three ...
Are, Wasiu Adekunle(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2012-12)
The composition of tax revenue in Ireland had changed dramatically over the past decade, with indirect taxes accounting for a large share of total tax revenue. This shift towards indirect taxation more than direct taxation ...
Despite the fact that environmental taxes and Environmental Tax Reform (ETR) are accepted to be policies with desirable environmental and other economic effects, their implementation has been patchy. The most common ...
The standard public economics analysis of the welfare cost of labour income taxation is based on the estimation of labour supply functions that treat unemployed individuals as non-participants. This paper applies econometric ...