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nor to practically increase Italian government debt, but to practically cause a mere reduction in taxation and thence in … associated with them, would have (i) stimulated expenditure more than a taxation rebate to the said firms and (ii) facilitated … taxation credit certificates endowed with a further reduction in taxation conditional on their use for consumption, termed …
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In both developed and developing countries, there are basically two main sources of economic instability: exogenous shocks and inappropriate policies. Exogenous shock (terms-of-trade shocks, natural disasters and capital flow reversals) can throw an economy into disequilibrium and therefore...
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This paper presents a comprehensive framework examining fiscal sustainabil- ity in developing economies. It integrates public capital, labor informality, and global liquidity shocks in a two-sector DSGE model for a small open economy, revealing their intricate interplay and nonlinear impact on...
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through the existence of a maximum sustainable level of debt, derived from the maximum level of taxation that is politically …
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through the existence of a maximum sustainable level of debt, derived from the maximum level of taxation that is politically …
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How much fiscal space do Latin American countries have to increase their tax burdens in the long term? This paper provides an answer through Laffer curves estimates for taxes on labor, capital, and consumption for the six largest emerging economies of the region: Argentina, Brazil, Chile,...
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Former CBO director Doug Elmendorf recently argued that Congress should account for macroeconomic feedback when scoring major tax and spending policies. In this brief, Donald Marron agrees, arguing that CBO and JCT can implement such dynamic scoring in an objective, nonpartisan manner. Dynamic...
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We present new evidence showing that fiscal austerity strengthens support for redistribution, especially for the relatively well-off. Our theoretical model proposes two mechanisms to explain this heterogeneity in support for redistribution: "altruism" and "appreciation". We test our theoretical...
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We present new evidence showing that fiscal austerity strengthens support for redistribution, especially for the relatively well-off. Our theoretical model proposes two mechanisms to explain this heterogeneity in support for redistribution: ‘altruism’ and ‘appreciation’. We test our...
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There has been a lot of discussion recently regarding the macroeconomic consequences of a distortionary taxation system …. However the way this distortionary taxation scheme or instrument is modeled in macroeconomic analysis, as well as the ability … of these models to capture the effects implied by this distortionary taxation system, is subject to criticism. This work …
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