The paper presents a dynamic overlapping generations model of tax evasion where government revenue is used to provide public capital. It establishes existence and uniqueness of the competitive equilibrium and presents a detailed characterization of its dynamics. An increase in the probability of...

The paper puts forward the hypothesis that transitory effects of trade liberalization on wage inequality can differ from the long-run outcome based on the HOS theory. In cases where HOS theory predicts a decline in wage inequality in the long run, a temporary rise can occur due to (i)...

Contrary to the case considered in literature, the experience of developing countries indicates that the tariff reforms have not been revenue neutral due to the heavy dependence of developing countries on trade taxes and pervasive tax evasion. In contrast to the plausibility of a welfare loss...