TY - JOUR A1 - Petersen, Hans-Georg T1 - Weniger staatliche Interventionen : Lehrstuhlporträt Y1 - 1997 ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Petersen, Hans-Georg A1 - Sowada, Christoph T1 - On the integration of industrial and social policy in the transition process N2 - Industrial policy measures can be a reasonable supplement to economic and social policy actions during the period of transformation of centrally planned economies. This paper shows the interplay between industrial and social policy. Special attention is given to the timing and sequencing of the transformation process. This approach is closely modeled on the example of New Zealand. T3 - Finanzwissenschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge / Specials series S: Industrial and social policies in countries in transition - 2 Y1 - 1998 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-48777 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Petersen, Hans-Georg A1 - Müller, Klaus A1 - Nagel, Thomas T1 - Mineralölsteuererhöhung und kompensatorische Einkommensteuersenkung. Simulation der Verteilungseffekte in einem mikroökonomischen Gruppensimulationsmodell Y1 - 1998 SN - 0023-3498 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Petersen, Hans-Georg T1 - Transformation process after five years on: behavioural adaption and institutional change in poland Y1 - 1998 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Petersen, Hans-Georg T1 - Steuerreform: Erfordernisse, Spielräume, Wirkungen : Beitrag zur Fachkonferenz " Agenda der nächsten vier Jahre " Y1 - 1998 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Petersen, Hans-Georg T1 - Redistribution and the Efficiency - Justice Trade-off Y1 - 1998 ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Petersen, Hans-Georg A1 - Naydenov, Atanas T1 - The tax and social contribution system in Bulgaria : formal structure and possible impacts N2 - Like in all countries in transition, the tax as well as the transfer system have been under serious reform pressures. The socialistic systems were not able to fulfill the necessary functions in providing a certain degree of redistribution and social security, which are inevitable for social oriented market economies. Increasing income and wage differentiation is one of the most important prerequisites for a market oriented ability to pay tax system. But in the transformation period, numerous quasi-legal or even illegal property transactions have taken place, thus leading to wealth concentrations on the one hand while as consequence of the bankruptcy of socialism, enormous poverty problems have arisen on the other. For the political acceptance of the transformation process it is of utmost importance that an efficient and fair tax system is implemented and social security is organised by the state on a level which secures at least the physical minimum of subsistence or – if economically possible – even a social-cultural minimum. Whether the state should go further in providing compulsory social insurance systems has been a hotly debated topic for decades even in the welfare and social states of the Western type. Whereas the basic security systems have to be financed by general tax revenue, for a compulsory social insurance system – due to the insurance character – special earmarked social security contribution are held necessary. Both public goods and services as well as at least basic security have to be financed by total tax revenue. For the acceptance and fairness of the whole system the total redistributive effect of both sides of the budget – the tax system as well as the expenditure system – are decisive. In this paper we will concentrate on the revenue side, e.g. on the taxes as well as on the social security contributions. Adam Smith had already formulated some very simple tax norms which have been transformed in modern tax theory. The equivalence as well as the ability-topay principle are basic yardsticks for every tax system in a democratic oriented market system, not to forget tax fairness. In the historical development process equity-oriented measures have often produced an enormous complexity of the single taxes as well as of the whole tax system. Therefore, reconsidering the Smithian principles of simplicity and of minimum compliance costs for the tax payer would even press many Western European tax systems to undergo serious reform processes which often are delayed because of intense interest group influence. Hence, a modern tax system is a simple one which consists only of a few single taxes which are easy to administer. Such a system consists of two main taxes, the income and the value added tax. Consequently in all countries of transition both taxes have been implemented, while the implementation was fostered by the fact that both also constitute the typical components of the EU member states systems. Therefore such a harmonising tax reform is the most important prerequisite to become a membership candidate. Bulgaria also tried to follow this general pattern in reforming the income tax system starting in 1992 and replacing the old socialistic turnover tax and excise duty system by the value added tax (VAT) in 1994. Especially with regard to the income tax system the demand for simplicity has not been met yet. Complex rules to define the tax base as well as a steeply progressive tax schedule have led to behavioral adaptations which are even strengthened by the effects of a high social contribution burden which is predominantly laid on the employers. In the following some concise descriptions of the tax and social contribution system are given; the paper closes with a summary, in which the impacts of the system are evaluated and some political recommendations for further reforms are presented. T3 - Finanzwissenschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge / Specials series S: Industrial and social policies in countries in transition - 13 Y1 - 1999 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-48885 ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Petersen, Hans-Georg A1 - Bork, Christhart T1 - Finanzpolitischer Reformbedarf jenseits der Besteuerung : Konsequenzen für die Ausgabenseite N2 - Inhalt: -Empirische Entwicklung -Personalausgaben -Zinsausgaben -Subventionen – und kein Ende! -Sozialversicherung - Sozialhilfe -Schulen und Hochschulbildung T3 - Finanzwissenschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge - Bd. 22 Y1 - 1999 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-8599 ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Petersen, Hans-Georg T1 - The German tax and transfer system : a problem oriented overview N2 - Contents: The Tax System The Transfer System Principles, Benefits, and Marginal Rates Integrated System and Basic Security Further Political Patterns T3 - Finanzwissenschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge - Bd. 25 Y1 - 1999 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-8780 ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Bork, Christhart A1 - Petersen, Hans-Georg T1 - Revenue and distributional effects of the current tax reform proposals in Germany : an evaluation by microsimulation N2 - Contents: The Model -Data -The Integrated Microdata File -Weights and Updates -Validation -Possibilities and Limitations The Tax Reform Proposals Revenue and Distributional Effects T3 - Finanzwissenschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge - Bd. 26 Y1 - 1999 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-8797 ER -