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2004 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

The analyses of implications for international public finance policy recommendations in the presence of unemployment and environmental problems.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15530208
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Public finance/Monetary economics
Research InstitutionOtaru University of Commerce

Principal Investigator

SUMINO Ko  Otaru University of Commerce, Faculty of Commerce, Professor, 商学部, 教授 (20226608)

Project Period (FY) 2003 – 2004
Keywordsunemployment / unemployment benefits / environmental problems / public policy / polluting taxes / Pigovian taxes
Research Abstract

Addressing environmental issues typically involves taxs and other policy instruments. We have taken part in the discussion regarding the effects of unemployment benefits. It has shown that unemployment benefits may well decrease unemployment as long as these are indexed by the competitive wage and are financed by the corporate income tax, via using the balanced budget incidence analysis. Hence, we have a strong argument of counter-intuitive effects of unemployment benefits.
From economists' standpoint, environmental issues can be divided into two categories. The first one consists of the issues associated with environmental tax reforms. The second category addresses optimal tax problems associated with externalities. We reexamined the optimal tax problems in the presence of externalities. Efficiency restrain levels of polluting taxs generate revenues so that we can reduce rates on consumption commodities that distort the functioning of the economy. So these polluting taxs can reduce excessive levels of pollution and also these revenues can use unemployment benefits. These public policies can decrease unemployment labors.

  • Research Products

    (4 results)

All 2005

All Journal Article (2 results) Book (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] A Note on Optimal Taxation in the Presence of Externalities2005

    • Author(s)
      Shinotsuka, T., Sumino, K.
    • Journal Title

      Discussion Paper Series (Center for Business Creation, Otaru University of commerce) 99

      Pages: 1-9

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] A Note on Optimal Taxation in the Presence of Externalities.2005

    • Author(s)
      Shinotuska, T, Sumino, K.
    • Journal Title

      Discussion Paper Series, Center for Business Creation, Otaru University of commerce No.99

      Pages: 1-5

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Book] "Counter-Intuitive Effects of Unemployment Benefits : Balanced - Budget Incidence" published in Economics of Unemployment2005

    • Author(s)
      Sumino, K., Rashid, S.
    • Publisher
      Nova Science Publishers, Inc. (unfixed)
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Book] "Counter-Intuitive Effects of Unemployment Benefits : Balanced -Budget Incidence" Economics of Unemployment.2005

    • Author(s)
      Sumino, K, Rashid, S.
    • Publisher
      Nova Science Publishers, Inc.unfixed
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より

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Published: 2006-07-11  

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