Browsing MWP Working Papers by Author "SIMON, Jenny"

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    Title: Financial Markets as a Commitment Device for the Government  Author(s): SIMON, Jenny Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: How does the presence of financial markets shape the government's ability to implement social redistribution? Individuals do not typically constrain consumption to equal their net-of-tax income every period. Instead, access ...
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    Title: Optimal Debt Bias in Corporate Income Taxation  Author(s): SIMON, Jenny Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: I present a rationale for a government to discriminate between debt and equity financing when taxing corporate income. For risk-averse entrepreneurs, equity generates more surplus than debt, because it provides financing ...