Energy Tax Expenditures in a Globalized Economy
Agustin Redonda and
Johannes Schwarzer | 9 May 2018
Discussion Notes,
Fiscal,
Trade | Tags:
Energy,
Tax Competition,
Tax Expenditures Countries around the world have introduced energy taxes to expand revenues, reduce energy consumption and curb greenhouse gas emissions. In that context, they have frequently also implemented tax provisions to lower the energy tax bill for certain industries, households and regions. Tax exemptions and deductions
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Trade Policy, Inclusiveness and the Rise of the Service Economy
25-26 April 2018 Trade,
Workshops | Tags:
Inclusiveness,
Services Trade The Council on Economic Policies, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the World Trade Organization are organizing a workshop on 25-26 April, 2018 in Geneva, Switzerland, on policy relevant aspects of the links between trade in services and inclusive growth.
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How’s Life?
Alexander Barkawi | 22 January 2018
External,
Fiscal,
Monetary,
Trade | Tags:
Environment,
Inequality In November, the OECD published its most recent report on a short but fundamental question: How’s Life? Income is an important, but not the only factor in determining the answer. The OECD reflects this by going beyond the focus on GDP, that has for long
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Services Policy Reform and Manufacturing Employment: Evidence from Transition Economies
Matteo Fiorini,
Bernard Hoekman and
Clement Malgouyres | 13 September 2017
Trade,
Working Papers | Tags:
Employment,
Services Trade Policy reforms targeting the services sectors are a neglected dimension of the process of structural transformation and economic development. The effects of such reforms on employment across industries as a function of their use of services as intermediate inputs are theoretically ambiguous and remain largely
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Trade Policy 2020
27 October 2017 Conferences,
Trade | Tags:
Agricultural Trade,
Investment Agreements,
Services Trade Global trade is at a crossroads. Liberal tenets of past decades are increasingly being challenged by critical voices, casting doubts over the benefits of further international trade liberalization. The belief in global trade as a driver for economic wellbeing has taken a serious hit -
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