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Solow or Lucas?: Testing Growth Models Using Panel Data from OECD Countries
Arnold, Jens - 2007
convergence and short term dynamics to vary across countries. While there are indeed good reasons to believe in common long … direct investment, the theoretical models imply that the speed of convergence to the steady state differs across countries …, standard dynamic fixed effect specifications, by imposing cross-country homogeneity restrictions on speed of convergence and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012446905
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Long-Term Growth Scenarios
Johansson, Åsa; Guillemette, Yvan; Murtin, Fabrice; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
This paper presents the results from a new model for projecting growth of OECD and major non-OECD economies over the next 50 years as well as imbalances that arise. A baseline scenario assuming gradual structural reform and fiscal consolidation to stabilise government-debt-to GDP ratios is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276784
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Solow or Lucas?: Testing Growth Models Using Panel Data from OECD Countries
Arnold, Jens; Bassanini, Andrea; Scarpetta, Stefano - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2007
convergence and short term dynamics to vary across countries. While there are indeed good reasons to believe in common long … direct investment, the theoretical models imply that the speed of convergence to the steady state differs across countries …, standard dynamic fixed effect specifications, by imposing cross-country homogeneity restrictions on speed of convergence and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045653
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Do Corporate Taxes Reduce Productivity and Investment at the Firm Level? : Cross-Country Evidence from the Amadeus Dataset
Schwellnus, Cyrille - 2008
This paper uses a stratified sample of firms across OECD economies over the period 1996-2004 to analyse the effects of corporate taxes on productivity and investment. Applying a differences-in-differences estimation strategy which exploits differential effects of corporate taxes on firms with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444515
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Do Tax Structures Affect Aggregate Economic Growth? : Empirical Evidence from a Panel of OECD Countries
Arnold, Jens - 2008
This paper examines the relationship between tax structures and economic growth by entering indicators of the tax structure into a set of panel growth regressions for 21 OECD countries, in which both the accumulation of physical and human capital are accounted for. The results of the analysis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012445986
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A Simulation Model of Federal, Provincial and Territorial Government Accounts for the Analysis of Fiscal-Consolidation Strategies in Canada
Guillemette, Yvan - 2010
This paper presents a simulation model of the main budget aggregates of federal, provincial and territorial governments in Canada. The general approach is to use a cyclical indicator (output gap), estimate the sensitivity of government revenue and expenditure to this cyclical indicator using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012446578
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New Tax and Expenditure Elasticity Estimates for EU Budget Surveillance
Price, Robert - 2014
This paper estimates the elasticities of government revenue and expenditure items with respect to the output gap for European Union (EU) countries. These elasticities are used by the European Commission, as part of the EU fiscal surveillance process, to calculate the semi-elasticity of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012449754
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New Tax and Expenditure Elasticity Estimates for EU Budget Surveillance
Price, Robert W.R.; Dang, Thai-Thanh; Guillemette, Yvan - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014
This paper estimates the elasticities of government revenue and expenditure items with respect to the output gap for European Union (EU) countries. These elasticities are used by the European Commission, as part of the EU fiscal surveillance process, to calculate the semi-elasticity of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276822
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A Simulation Model of Federal, Provincial and Territorial Government Accounts for the Analysis of Fiscal-Consolidation Strategies in Canada
Guillemette, Yvan - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010
This paper presents a simulation model of the main budget aggregates of federal, provincial and territorial governments in Canada. The general approach is to use a cyclical indicator (output gap), estimate the sensitivity of government revenue and expenditure to this cyclical indicator using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008548955
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Do Corporate Taxes Reduce Productivity and Investment at the Firm Level?: Cross-Country Evidence from the Amadeus Dataset
Schwellnus, Cyrille; Arnold, Jens - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2008
This paper uses a stratified sample of firms across OECD economies over the period 1996-2004 to analyse the effects of corporate taxes on productivity and investment. Applying a differences-in-differences estimation strategy which exploits differential effects of corporate taxes on firms with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046045