In the increasingly global economy, domestic tax policies have taken on a new importance for international economics. This unique volume compares the tax reform experiences of Canada and the United States, two countries with the world's largest bilateral flow of trade and investment. With the signing of the U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement and the tax reforms of the 1980s, there has been some harmonization of tax systems. But geographic, cultural, and political characteristics shape distinct national social policies that may impede harmonization. As the U.S. and Canadian economies become...
In the increasingly global economy, domestic tax policies have taken on a new importance for international economics. This unique volume compares the ...
Will the Social Security system founder as millions of baby boomers enter their retirement years? Is the frightening vision of an impoverished old age a glimpse into the real future for Americans of the next generation? The authors of this book put debates about Social Security reform into historical perspective, consider various reform ideas, and elaborate a proposal to ensure that the system can continue to meet the claims of the retired and the disabled. Sylvester J. Schieber and John B. Shoven, leading experts on retirement issues, set forth a carefully considered plan to change the...
Will the Social Security system founder as millions of baby boomers enter their retirement years? Is the frightening vision of an impoverished old ...
The essays contained in this volume represent state-of-the-art thinking on many important issues relating to government policies in the Japanese and American economies.
The essays contained in this volume represent state-of-the-art thinking on many important issues relating to government policies in the Japanese and A...
The aim of this book is to make more widely available a body of recent research activity that has become known as applied general equilibrium analysis. The central idea underlying this work is to convert the Walrasian general equilibrium structure (formalized in the 1950s by Kenneth Arrow, Gerard Debreu and others) from an abstract representation of an economy into realistic models of actual economies. Numerical, empirically based general equilibrium models can then be used to evaluate concrete policy options by specifying production and demand parameters and incorporating data reflective of...
The aim of this book is to make more widely available a body of recent research activity that has become known as applied general equilibrium analysis...
The aim of this book is to make more widely available a body of recent research activity that has become known as applied general equilibrium analysis. The central idea underlying this work is to convert the Walrasian general equilibrium structure (formalized in the 1950s by Kenneth Arrow, Gerard Debreu and others) from an abstract representation of an economy into realistic models of actual economies. Numerical, empirically based general equilibrium models can then be used to evaluate concrete policy options by specifying production and demand parameters and incorporating data reflective of...
The aim of this book is to make more widely available a body of recent research activity that has become known as applied general equilibrium analysis...
The private pension system, together with Social Security, has provided millions of Americans with income security in retirement. But over the past thirty years, pension coverage has stagnated, leaving behind some vulnerable groups. Defined contribution plans have exposed workers to greater investment risk, while cash balance and other hybrid plans may have adverse effects on older workers caught in the transition. Pension regulations, infamous for their complexity, can be bewildering to policy analysts and policymakers. Private Pensions and Public Policies sheds timely and much-needed...
The private pension system, together with Social Security, has provided millions of Americans with income security in retirement. But over the past...
Labor Day 1999 marked the 25th anniversary of the passage of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), the act that brought about sweeping reforms of the private-pension system. This volume examines the foundations and the future of the private-pension system.
Labor Day 1999 marked the 25th anniversary of the passage of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), the act that brought about sweeping ...
The boom in corporate restructuring, accompanied by large increases in debt finance, was one of the most important developments in the U.S. economy in the 1980s. Financial and tax specialists analyze how the U.S. tax system-especially in its bias toward debt financing-has affected corporate financial decisions and influenced the recent wave of corporate restructuring.
The authors evaluate the hypothesis that the rise in the cost of capital during the 1980s helped stimulate the surge in corporate takeovers. They analyze the effect that changes in tax laws and in the volume of government...
The boom in corporate restructuring, accompanied by large increases in debt finance, was one of the most important developments in the U.S. economy...
This book presents a collection of articles on applied general equilibrium analysis by major contributors to this field. This rapidly expanding method of analysis involves the use of computers to study entire economies and the interrelationships among firms, households and governments in these economies. There are also articles on the particular computational techniques involved in the numerical estimation of these equilibrium models and on several particular applications. Papers deal with the United States, Mexican and Australian economies. Other chapters provide an analysis of long-run...
This book presents a collection of articles on applied general equilibrium analysis by major contributors to this field. This rapidly expanding method...
Demographics is a vital field of study for understanding social and economic change and it has attracted attention in recent years as concerns have grown over the aging populations of developed nations. Demographic studies help make sense of key aspects of the economy, offering insight into trends in fertility, mortality, immigration, and labor force participation, as well as age, gender, and race specific trends in health and disability. " Demography and the Economy" explores the connections between demography and economics, paying special attention to what demographic trends can...
Demographics is a vital field of study for understanding social and economic change and it has attracted attention in recent years as concerns have...
