This paper explores the qualitative and quantitative implications of taxation for growth and savings in three Latin … American countries: Brazil, Chile and Mexico, studying a small open economy in the context of an endogenous growth model where … labor taxes should be lower than actual taxes in Brazil and Chile. However, while sub-optimal taxes seem to imply lower long …

of full deferral of income taxes on savings and full taxation of interest. Potential mobility of the old calls for lower … degrees of deferral and reduced taxation of interest. However, full immediate taxation of savings in combination with full tax …