Welfare Effects of Value-Added Tax Harmonization in Europe : a Computable General Equilibrium Analysis /

This book uses a computable general equilibrium framework to evaluate recent value-added tax reform proposals in the European Union from a welfare point of view. The individual chapters deal with the development of value-added taxation in Europe, the main institutional features of different internat...

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Main Author: Fehr, Hans, 1925-
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Rosenberg, Christoph, Wiegard, Wolfgang
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1995.
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Summary:This book uses a computable general equilibrium framework to evaluate recent value-added tax reform proposals in the European Union from a welfare point of view. The individual chapters deal with the development of value-added taxation in Europe, the main institutional features of different international taxation principles for value-added taxation, tax distortions under the destination and the origin principle, the exchange rate argument, the construction of a computable general equilibrium model and numerical estimates and economic explanations of the welfare effects of value-added tax reforms.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 240 pages 17 illustrations)
ISBN:9783642794933 (electronic bk.)
3642794939 (electronic bk.)