, marginal and intra-marginal taxation, and the level of government consumption. Conventional accounting measures of "taxes …

levels by increasing taxes, so either an adjustment to fiscal spending or monetary policy must occur to stabilize debt. We …

--government spending and changes in tax policy--and map the news processes into standard DSGE models. We identify news concerning taxes …

pay more, but pay less in percentage terms, and informal taxes are more regressive than formal taxes. Failing to include …

econometrician's information sets in estimated VARs. Economically meaningful shocks to taxes, therefore, cannot be extracted from …

combination of a drop in total factor productivity (TFP) during 1990-92 and of increases in taxes on labor and consumption and …

income, corporate income, payroll, and estate and gift taxes with a 23 percent effective retail sales tax plus a progressive … rebate. The 23 percent rate generates more revenue than the taxes it replaces, but the rebate's cost necessitates scaling … here, current effective marginal labor taxes are higher or much higher than 23 percent. Take our stylized 45 year …