Amaglobeli, David; Jaramillo Echeverri, Laura; Karnane, … - 2019
magnitude of shock smoothing increases from an average of 2 percent to 3-3 1\2 percent following the reform. The effects are … symmetric-that is, the increase in shock smoothing following a reform expanding the tax base (rate) is similar to the decline in … shock smoothing after a reform narrowing the tax base (rate). Tax elasticity, collection efficiency, and the progressivity …