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 …

-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 …

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 …

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 …

different taxes at the general government level and defines aggregate measures of the corresponding tax bases. This method …