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, labor and capital, and the services of an accumulable pure public input (of which an important example is infrastructure …
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The role of fiscal policy is examined when public goods provide both productive and utility services. In the presence of congestion, the consumption tax is shown to be distortionary. Optimal fiscal policy involves using consumption-based instruments in conjunction with the income tax. An income...
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rivalry in consumption of the publicly provided good. We identify three sources of welfare loss from decentralization … characteristics of the publicly provided good are an important determinant for the welfare costs of decentralization. …
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This paper shows that, where the relative levels and general evolution of labour, capital and consumption tax rates are … different approaches are either negligible or relatively small.This is particularly true in the case of labour and consumption …
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We extend the literature on local income tax competition by allowing for inter-jurisdictional spillovers and imperfect rivalry in consumption of a publicly provided good. Comparing decentralized second-best results of a theoretical model with an efficient benchmark, we identify three...
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We consider a model where local and national governments both tax income and use the revenue to invest in both productive and consumptive public goods. Local governments will overprovide the consumptive public good if the local income tax is (partially) deductible. However, without full...
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capital, public capital, and disaggregated public capital for the United States for 1948-1993. We find evidence of multiple …. When public capital is disaggregated by type there is less evidence for cointegration. Finally, innovations in public … capital have long lasting effects on output, labor, and private capital, and innovations to output, labor, and private capital …
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Many theoretical model show that redistribution causes low growth. However, cross-country regressions often suggest that growth is positively related to redistribution. This paper analyzes that puzzle in an open economy framework.
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When seeking to build high quality and cost-effective infrastructure in rural villages, a fundamental question is: Who is better at doing so? Should the village leadership or a government agency above the village finance and/or manage the construction of the infrastructure project? To answer...
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