This paper aims to contribute to the debate on the best way to reduce the tax burden on the production sector in Brazil, by simulating an overlapping generations model calibrated to the country's economy. Our focus is on the comparison of the macroeconomic and welfare impacts brought about by...

While assessing the economic impacts of corruption, the corruption-related transmission channels which influence taxation as such have to be duly considered. Taking the example of the Czech Republic, this article aims to evaluate the impacts corruption has on the size of the shadow economy as...

Die Corona-Krise hat die Wirtschaft zwar belastet, doch bietet sie auch die Chance, durch Reformen des Sozialversicherungssystems den Aufbau guter Beschäftigung zu fördern. Auf Basis eines makroökonomischen Modells untersucht der Beitrag zwei Reformvarianten, die den sozialrechtlichen...

Die Corona-Krise hat die Wirtschaft zwar belastet, doch bietet sie auch die Chance, durch Reformen des Sozialversicherungssystems den Aufbau guter Beschäftigung zu fördern. Auf Basis eines makroökonomischen Modells untersucht der Beitrag zwei Reformvarianten, die den sozialrechtlichen...

This article investigates the effects of fiscal policy shock in the Brazilian economy using quarterly data during the period between January/1995 and December/2007. We follow the agnostic procedure suggested by Mountford and Uhlig (2005) to verify separately the impact of the unexpected positive...

This article investigates the effects of fiscal policy shock in the Brazilian economy using quarterly data during the period between January/1995 and December/2007. We follow the agnostic procedure suggested by Mountford and Uhlig (2005) to verify separately the impact of the unexpected positive...

This article investigates the effects of fiscal policy shock in the Brazilian economy using quarterly data during the period between January/1995 and December/2007. We follow the agnostic procedure suggested by Monford and Uhlig (2005) to verify separately the impact of the unexpected positive...

This paper uses a dynamic computable general equilibrium model (CGE) to analyze the macroeconomic and redistributive effects of replacing turnover and financial transaction taxes in Brazil by a consumption tax. In order to approximate Brazil`s compliance with its fiscal adjustment targets, the...

We examine the use of dynamic overlapping generations (OLG) computable general equilibrium (CGE) models to analyze the economic effects of tax reforms, using as a paradigm our DiamondZodrow (DZ) model. Such models are especially well-suited to analyzing both the short-run transitional and the...

This article presents a linear econometric model with variable coefficients for the analysis of the quarterly dynamics of the Brazilian gross tax burden in the 1995-2008 years.The choice of this particular model was motivated by the constant changes made in the Brazilian tax system during these...