donderdag 3 juni 2010
The Benefits of Financial Transactions Taxes
Read the complete letter from CEPR to the Bundestag here.
Greek Deal Lets Banks Profit from "Immoral Hazard"
Read Arvind Subramanian's op-ed in the Financial Times here.
Innovative working practices
With pressure on public finances, organisations are looking to find innovative working practices to save money. Capital Ambition asked IES to explore how some London Boroughs (sometimes with local NHS organisations) are sharing professionals or teams across organisational boundaries. This might happen through the sharing of an individual (eg joint head of HR), sharing of a team (joint HR function) or through procurement of services from another authority. Read the complete article of the Institute for Employment Studies here.
De burger moet zelf meer gaan betalen: Waar kan worden gesneden en waarom?
Burgers moeten meer zelf betalen en meer risico dragen bij vrijwel alle bezuinigingsvarianten die twintig ambtelijke werkgroepen gisteren hebben voorgesteld. Een overzicht van de belangrijkste bezuinigingsvoorstellen in het NRC Handelsblad hier.
The Cult of Theoi: Economic Uncertainty and Religion
Sacrifices to deities occur in nearly all known religions. In this paper, we report on our
attempts to elicit this type of religious behaviour towards “Theoi” in the laboratory. The theory
we test is that, when faced with uncertainty, individuals attempt to engage in a reciprocal
contract with the source of uncertainty by sacrificing towards it. In our experiments, we create
the situation whereby individuals face an uncertain economic payback due to “Theoi” and we
allow participants to sacrifice towards this entity. Aggregate sacrifices amongst participants
are over 30% of all takings, increase with the level of humanistic labelling of Theoi and
decrease when participants share information or when the level of uncertainty is lower. The
findings imply that under circumstances of high uncertainty people are willing to sacrifice
large portions of their income even when this has no discernable effect on outcomes. Read the complete IZA paper here.
attempts to elicit this type of religious behaviour towards “Theoi” in the laboratory. The theory
we test is that, when faced with uncertainty, individuals attempt to engage in a reciprocal
contract with the source of uncertainty by sacrificing towards it. In our experiments, we create
the situation whereby individuals face an uncertain economic payback due to “Theoi” and we
allow participants to sacrifice towards this entity. Aggregate sacrifices amongst participants
are over 30% of all takings, increase with the level of humanistic labelling of Theoi and
decrease when participants share information or when the level of uncertainty is lower. The
findings imply that under circumstances of high uncertainty people are willing to sacrifice
large portions of their income even when this has no discernable effect on outcomes. Read the complete IZA paper here.
Six Reasons Why the Capital Gains Tax Should Be Abolished
View the Centre for Freedom and Prosperity video here.
woensdag 2 juni 2010
Sociale verzekeringen verdragen geen splitsing
Lees het volledige opiniestuk van Bea Cantilllon et al. in De Standaard hier.
dinsdag 1 juni 2010
A mixed blessing
The cheaper euro will be good for some European companies—up to a point. Read the complete article in The Economist here.
maandag 31 mei 2010
Stiekem besparen is onrechtvaardig
Elk jaar groeit het budget voor de ziekteverzekering 4,5procent, dat wordt aanvaard en heet de groeinorm. Maar we kunnen dat niet blijven betalen, zegt MARK ELCHARDUS, dus moeten we ergens besparen. Lees het volledige opiniestuk in De Standaard hier.
vrijdag 28 mei 2010
Wie is mijn volk?
Hoezeer de Vlaamse politici de staat ook willen hervormen, de solidariteit met de Franstaligen lijkt niet in het gedrang te komen. Of toch? ANDRÉ DECOSTER ontleedt het discours over de transfers. Lees het volledige opiniestuk in De Standaard hier.
Restos : la TVA a baissé, mais les prix n’ont pas bougé !
Lisez l'article complet dans La Libre ici.
donderdag 27 mei 2010
Vlaams regeerakkoord op weg naar geschiedenis
Lees het opiniestuk van Bart Maddens in De Morgen hier.
woensdag 26 mei 2010
dinsdag 25 mei 2010
Erger dan de jaren tachtig
BESPAREN, DAT IS DE ECHTE INZET VAN DE VERKIEZINGEN. lees het volledige opiniestuk van Ivan Van de Cloot in De Standaard hier.
Pieter Timmermans débat avec Michel Jadot sur les pensions
L'un est retraité, l'autre est hyperactif, tous deux sont incollables sur le sujet. Michel Jadot, coordinateur de la Conférence des pensions et Pieter Timmermans, directeur général de la FEB, échangent leurs points de vue sur les pensions. Une table ronde organisée par "L’Echo/De Tijd".
Lisez l'article dans L'Echo ici.
donderdag 20 mei 2010
woensdag 19 mei 2010
Economische vooruitzichten 2010-2015
Le bonus de pension : un cadeau empoisonné
Dans ce numéro de Regards Economiques, nous étudions les effets de trois réformes potentielles du système de pension légale en Belgique, incluant le «bonus de pension» introduit par le gouvernement en 2007 et visant à gratifier des années de travail au-delà d’un certain âge plutôt qu’à pénaliser la retraite anticipée. Nos variables d’intérêt sont l’âge de départ à la retraite, le budget du gouvernement et les inégalités au sein de la population âgée. Nos simulations révèlent que le «bonus de pension» est une réforme inefficace. Au contraire, une pénalisation de la retraite anticipée aurait permis d’améliorer la soutenabilité budgétaire du système, tout en réduisant davantage les inégalités des revenus parmi les pensionnés.
Lisez le rapport dans Regards économiques de l'Ires (UCL) ici.
dinsdag 18 mei 2010
Shifting or red tape? The impact of authority behavior on tax compliance costs
Read this report from the Federal Plan Bureau here.
France: Document d'orientation sur la réforme des retraites
Lisez ce rapport du gouvernement français ici.
maandag 17 mei 2010
Average tax burden on workers’ earnings fell in most OECD countries last year
Belgium, Hungary and Germany once again had the highest tax wedges for single workers without children on average wages, at 55.2%, 53.4% and 50.9% respectively, though all three countries showed a small drop from in 2008. Read the OECD summary here.
The Great Recession of 2008-2009: Causes, Consequences and Policy Responses
Read the complete IZA publication here.
woensdag 12 mei 2010
How nonprofits matter in American medecine
Schlesinger, M. and Bradford, H. (2006). How nonprofits matter in American Medicine, and what to do about it. Health Affairs 25, w287-w303.
Arguments in favour of for-profit organizations:
1. "There is overwhelming evidence that for-profit nursing homes have lower costs and greater efficiency"
2. "Nonprofit health care providers are slower to react to change, expanding capacity less quickly when demand rises and dropping services or withdrawing from markets less frequently when profitability declines."
Arguments in favour of nonprofit organizations:
1. "Ownership-related differences in adverse health events within facilities are far more pronounced in nursing homes than hospitals." The nonprofit nursing homes generally providing a better quality of care.
2. "Nonprofit organizations appear more trustworthy in delivering services, being less likely to make misleading claims, to have complaints lodged against them by patients, and to treat vulnerable patients differently from other clientele."
3. "Nonprofits are typically the incubators of innovation (for example, health maintenance organizations, or HMOs, during the 1930s or hospice three decades ago), using philanthropy and cross-subsidies to finance the development of services for which there is not yet a market."
Impact of the crisis on unemployment has so far been less pronounced in the EU than in the US
Read this Eurostat news release here.
Bevoegdheidsverdeling en solidariteitskringen in een gelaagde welvaartstaat.
Lees het rapport van de Centrum van Sociaal Beleid Herman Deleeck hier.
Inkomen en diversiteit: onderzoek naar de inkomenpositie van migranten in België
Lees het rapport van de Centrum van Sociaal Beleid Herman Deleeck hier.
dinsdag 11 mei 2010
EU is nog niet klaar met haar huiswerk
Het zijn niet de wolven van de financiële markten die de euro bedreigen, het is een gebrek aan begrotingsdiscipline binnen de muntunie. JOHAN VAN OVERTVELT en GEERT JANSSENS leggen uit hoe dat zit. Lees het opiniestuk in De Standaard hier.
How health reform helps reduce the deficit
Read the complete article by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities here.
maandag 10 mei 2010
De Keuleneer: un fonds de 60 milliards est insuffisant
Pour Eric De Keuleneer, on pourrait envisager un mécanisme de sortie de la zone euro si un membre est confronté à une grande crise.
Lisez l'article dans LLB ici.
vrijdag 7 mei 2010
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