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We study a model in which the effects of taxation on growth are highly non-linear. Marginal increases in tax rates have … a small growth impact when tax rates are low or moderate. When tax rates are high, further tax hikes have a large … of taxation and other disincentives to investment and innovation on economic growth …
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This paper evaluates optimal public investment and fiscal policy for countries characterized by limited tax and debt … effective tax rate. We show how persistent differences in growth rates across countries could stem from differential public … constant in the economy with or without a binding constraint on tax revenues as a share of GDP current non-durable public goods …
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In this paper, we abandon the stylized median voter and study (i) how distributional tensions can act in many different ways depending on social affinity and on the prospect of upward or downwardmobility of the different income classes, (ii) income distribution dynamics, intergenerational...
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Using the currency demand approach size and development of the Colombian shadow economy are estimated over the period from 1976 to 2002. In the 70s the size fluctuated around 20% of official GDP and rose to 50% in the 90s. The most important factors driving the shadow economy are unemployment...
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In this paper, we abandon the stylized median voter and study (i) how distributional tensions can act in many different ways depending on social affinity and on the prospect of upward or downward mobility of the different income classes, (ii) income distribution dynamics, intergenerational...
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This monograph examines the growth of public spending in the UK. Using empirical evidence, evidence from theory, and the results of economic modelling, the author considers the wider economic consequences of the current high level of government spending. It is clear from the analysis that UK...
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investment and labour as well as by altering after-tax proceeds across sectors. It is clear that economists have different … stabilize investment activities. The regression result also shows that tax was not properly signed and this could largely be … analysis concerning the effect of government spending and tax on economic growth in any nation. The research was conducted …
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against public investment. This budget scoring process systematically underestimates the benefits of public investment and … fund public investment is amplified by a think tank, the Penn Wharton Budget Model (PWBM). The PWBM assumes that taxes and … debt have devastating effects on economic growth and assumes away much of the benefit of public investment. These strong …
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