This paper examines the optimal time path of the tax rate, in a model where an increasing ratio of government debt to GDP is projected in the absence of policy changes.

pt. 1. Introduction. 1. Introduction and outline -- pt. 2. Corporate profits and tax revenue. 2. The revenue elasticity. 3. Tax loss asymmetries. 4. Taxes and income shifting -- pt. 3. A simulation model. 5. The distribution of profits. 6. Modelling deductions -- pt. 4. Corporate tax...

This paper considers the extent to which the standard argument, that the disproportionate excess burden of taxation suggests the use of tax-smoothing in the face of future cost increases, is modified by uncertainty regarding the future. The role of uncertainty and risk aversion are examined...