Essays about: "Optimal taxation"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 16 essays containing the words Optimal taxation.

  1. 11. The Hazard of Tanning : Intertemporal Choices, Social Status, and Corrective Policy

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Hannah Folkesson; [2016]
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    Abstract : Skin cancer is the most rapidly increasing cancer form today, our changed tanning behavior is often argued to be the main source of this development. Today a tanned skin is often associated with good health and status. READ MORE

  3. 12. Taxation on labor income - A choice between efficiency and inequality?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Ane Tømmerås; [2016]
    Keywords : labor taxation; labor supply; tax avoidance; compensation bargaining; optimal taxation; elasticities; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis applies a model for optimal top taxation rate on all Scandinavian countries. The starting point is a theory by Saez, Piketty and Stantcheva limiting the possible change in behavior of taxpayers into three channels; labor supply, tax avoidance and compensation bargaining. READ MORE

  4. 13. Alternative cost-optimal pathways for the transport sector of Cyprus

    University essay from KTH/Energisystemanalys

    Author : Josefin Wiking; [2015]
    Keywords : energy systems analysis; modelling; MESSAGE; Cyprus; transportation sector; freight transportation; passenger transportation;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the possible future pathways for the road transportation sector of Cyprus, in a time horizon from the year 2013 to 2040. The road transportation sector of Cyprus is the most energy consuming sector in the country, completely dependent on the use of diesel and gasoline. READ MORE

  5. 14. Redesigning the Swedish VAT system – Room for Pareto improvements?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Amanda Ahlberg; [2014]
    Keywords : Price elasticities; taxation in Sweden; Consumption taxes; Value added taxes; Optimal taxation; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper investigates the characteristics and history of value added taxes. Many previous studies have focused on the theoretical implications of value added taxes; this paper differs in the method used as well as the phrasing of research question. READ MORE

  6. 15. The Directive on the Deployment of Alternative Fuels Infrastructure : An analysis of its effects on the market uptake of natural gas vehicles

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Karl Törnmarck; [2014]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; natural gas; transport; EU; microeconomics; policy; energy.; Hållbar utveckling; naturgas; transport; EU; mikroeconomi; policy; energi;

    Abstract : The EU transport sector is currently extremely dependent on foreign oil and the import bill for this fuel was in 2011 approximately € 210 billion. The European Commission (EC) claims that this dependency will eventually affect the member states’ economic security and mobility as oil is a finite resource. READ MORE