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mechanism depend critically on the precise composition of taxes. Specifically, the international effects of budget deficits of a … given size differ sharply according to the types of taxes used to generate the deficit. We show that in determining the … effects of taxes it is useful to divide the various distortionary taxes into two groups: those that stimulate current external …
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-distortionary taxes and for various patterns of government spending, it is shown that the quantitative and qualitative effects of fiscal … and tax structure, including the timing of taxes and borrowing and the types of taxes used to finance the budget, on the …
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Oates reminds us that tax competition among localities in the presence of capital mobility, may lead to inefficiently low tax rates (and benefits). In contrast, the Tiebout paradigm suggests that tax competition yields an efficient outcome, so that there are no gains from tax coordination. This...
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different taxes at the general government level and defines aggregate measures of the corresponding tax bases. This method …
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This paper develops and estimates a dynamic optimizing model of the current account. The model focuses, on real factors that determine the evolution of saving and investment, and hence the external balance. Three types of shocks are at the center of the analysis: productivity shocks, shocks to...
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This paper analyzes the implications of tax policy for the accumulation of human and physical capital and for the overall productivity level of the economy. A comprehensive income tax, applying to both labour income and capital income. discriminates against investments in human capital relative...
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detailed specification of public and private sector behavior focusing on the roles played by taxes on income, consumption, and … analytically that the effects of such changes in the structure of taxes depend critically on international differences in saving … depend critically on whether the government manages its deficit through alterations in income or consumption (VAT) taxes …
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rate for all transactions. We show that the dual exchange rate policies can be usefully cast as distortionary taxes on …
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