Josef Falkinger, Towards a quality-centered economic analysis: Some simple diagrams, Kyklos, Vol. 45 (4), 1992. (Journal Article)
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J. de Boer, Jacob Goeree, W-Gravity from Chern-Simons Theory, Nuclear Physics, Vol. B381, 1992. (Journal Article)
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J. de Boer, Jacob Goeree, The Covariant of W3 Action, Physics Letters, Vol. B274, 1992. (Journal Article)
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Marek Pycia, Marek G Pycia, On a general solution of finite order difference equation with constant coefficients, Archivum Mathematicum, Vol. 28 (3-4), 1992. (Journal Article)
In the present paper we give new formulas for a general solution of the linear difference equation of finite order with constant complex coefficients without necessity of solving the characteristic equation. |
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Josef Falkinger, Homo Oeconomicus Sapiens. Versuche zu einer "modernen" Volkswirtschaftslehre, Homo oeconomicus, Vol. 9 (1), 1992. (Journal Article)
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Josef Falkinger, On optimal public good provision with tax evasion, Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 45 (1), 1991. (Journal Article)
It is proved that for public goods with zero income effects (also called Ziff public goods) tax evasion does not affect the optimal level of public expenditure. Further examples show that, in general, tax evasion may lead to less but also to more public expenditure. |
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Rainer Winkelmann, Klaus F Zimmermann, A new approach for modeling economic count data, Economics Letters, Vol. 37 (2), 1991. (Journal Article)
A new parametric model for the econometric analysis of non-negative integers is proposed. Its distinguishing feature is that it allows for more flexible variance-mean relationships than the models used hitherto. Estimation with maximum likelihood is illustrated using a dataset on ship damage incidents. |
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Jacob Goeree, W-Constraints in 2D Quantum Gravity, Nuclear Physics, Vol. B358, 1991. (Journal Article)
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J. de Boer, Jacob Goeree, Markov Traces and II1 Factors in Conformal Field Theory, Communications in Mathematical Physics, Vol. 139, 1991. (Journal Article)
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Josef Falkinger, Herbert Walther, Separating small and big fish: The case of income tax evasion, Journal of Economics, Vol. 54 (1), 1991. (Journal Article)
This paper proposes to offer the taxpayer a choice of tax-enforcement schemes for self-selection. More specifically, the taxpayer should have the possibility of opting for the prevailing regime with a certain penalty on the evaded tax or for an alternative regime with a higher penalty on the evaded tax but a reduced tax rate. It is shown that this leads to a separation of taxpayers characterized by a relatively high degree of evasion (H-evaders) from taxpayers who evade only a relatively small amount of tax (L-evaders). Furthermore, the procedure is not self-defeating, it is effectively possible to direct the efforts of auditing towards the H-evaders. At the end of the game the L-evaders experience a welfare gain, the H-evaders are induced to reduce their evasion activities and the government can expect higher yields. |
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Josef Falkinger, H Walther, Rewards Versus Penalties: on a New Policy against Tax Evasion, Public Finance Review, Vol. 19 (1), 1991. (Journal Article)
The theoretical analysis of tax evasion has typically concentrated on the role of Abstract penalties and on the probability of being investigated and penalized. This article introduces into the standard model of tax evasion the possibility of pecuniary rewards as an economic incentive for taxpaying. The analysis shows that introducing a reward for payment of taxes leads to a welfare improvement over non-prohibitive penalty regimes. An optimal penalty-reward mix is derived that guarantees a certain tax yield for the government and, at the same time, maximizes the taxpayer's utility. |
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Josef Falkinger, On growth along a hierarchy of wants, Metroeconomica, Vol. 41 (3), 1990. (Journal Article)
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Amit Bhaduri, Josef Falkinger, Optimal price adjustment under imperfect information, European Economic Review, Vol. 34 (5), 1990. (Journal Article)
Variations in cost and demand do not have symmetrical impact on the optimal price of the imperfectly competitive firm. This asymmetry is not so important as long as information regarding both cost and demand is sufficient. However, it becomes crucially important in case of incomplete information. Usually firms have more complete or ‘harder’ information on cost than on demand. This difference in information status on the cost and on the demand side can explain both cost-based pricing and slow price adjustment to demand in an optimizing framework with Bayesian learning about changed demand conditions. |
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Josef Falkinger, Innovator-imitator trade and the welfare effects of growth, Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Vol. 4 (2), 1990. (Journal Article)
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Johann Kurt Brunner, Josef Falkinger, Umlageverfahren, Kapitaldeckungsverfahren und optimales Wachstum : 3 Anmerkungen zur Replik von M. Neumann, Zeitschrift fuer Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Vol. 109 (4), 1989. (Journal Article)
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Josef Falkinger, Nachdenken über den Sinn von Wachstum - Eine neue Voraussetzung für die Wirtschaftesförderung, In: Staatliche Wirtschaftsförderung, Peter Lang, Frankfurt, p. 27 - 33, 1988. (Book Chapter)
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Josef Falkinger, Kreativität und Sensibilität versus Interdisziplinarität, Jahrbuch für Neue Politische Ökonomie, Vol. 7, 1988. (Journal Article)
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Johann Kurt Brunner, Josef Falkinger, Umlageverfahren, Kapitaldeckungsverfahren und optimales Wachstum. Zu einer Arbeit von M. Neumann, Zeitschrift fuer Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Vol. 108 (4), 1988. (Journal Article)
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Josef Falkinger, Tax evasion and equity: A theoretical analysis, Public Finance: Finances publiques, Vol. 43 (3), 1988. (Journal Article)
This paper analyzes the behavior of an expected-utility maximizing tax evader who is aware of the fact that he gets some benefit in exchange for the taxes. Within this framework, the equity argument that the proportion by which a tax payer evades taxes decreases if the share in public expenditures that is for his benefit increases, cannot be confirmed unambiguously. There is, therefore, some theoretical support for the supposition that the equity argument is an ex post rationalization of otherwise motivated tax evasion. |
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Josef Falkinger, Lieber begehrt und im Überfluß als überflüssig und in Not: Ein Beispiel, Kyklos, Vol. 40 (3), 1987. (Journal Article)
Sättigung bedeutet, dass der Grenznutzen des Einkommens abnimmt und die Arbeitsmotivation sinkt. Die beobachtbare Konsequenz von Sättigung müsste also eine Verkürzung der Arbeitszeit bei den vergleichsweise Reicheren sein. Die vorliegende Arbeit zeigt, dass diese Schlussfolgerung falsch ist. Im Gegenteil und scheinbar paradox gilt: Sättigung wird sich eher in Form von höheren Einkommensforderungen, also gewissermassen als Gier äussern. Umgekehrt kann es jenen, die mit der Zufriedenstellung ihrer Mindestansprüche kämpfen, passieren, dass sie bei niedrigeren Lohnsätzen enden, wenn sie ihre Ansprüche reduzieren, um weniger arbeiten zu müssen. |
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