Tax Incentives for Job Creation and Employment Retention

Job creators , job creation and the tax code . Adrian Masters

This paper considers the role of the tax code in determining income dispersion and vacancy creation. A "span-of-control" model is embedded into a search and matching environment. A cut to the tax on profits in isolation improves job creation and reduces before-tax income inequality. The impact of a budget-balancing increase in the wage tax depends on the bargaining power of firms. When it is hi...

Job Creation, Job Destruction and Employment Growth in Transition Countries in the 90's

Tax Incentives for Household Saving and Borrowing

The paper reviews the literature on these tax incentives, with special focus on long-term saving, housing, and household liabilities. The paper addresses several areas of policy intervention: (1) the interest rate effect on personal saving; (2) the effect of tax incentives on long-term mandatory saving programs; (3) government programs that target saving for home purchase; (4) government progra...

Tax Incentives to Encourage

Much has been said about the importance of innovation, especially after the rise of globalization and implementation of more open markets. In this paper, we will show how innovation is linked to schools of thoughts that sought to explain and understand what would lead nations to reach a certain degree of long-term development, since the model of Joseph Schumpeter in the mid-1930s until Romer’s ...

Tax Incentives: Issue and Evidence