theory appears not to be a cumulative science so far. When attempts are done to settle controversies by "nature" (testing the … or non-identified when testing them. Two examples are provided, one in growth theory and testing convergence, one in … business cycles theory and testing inflation persistence. …

: informal sector is quantitatively significant and tax-collecting technologies are more rudimentary. We characterize competitive … determined, some workers can be hired in the informal market, and imperfect tax-collecting technology can be heterogeneous across … approximately (from 19 percent to 28 percent). As expected, the better the tax collecting technologies, the higher the corresponding …

annum) and only secondarily due to the accumulation of productive capital (2.7% annually). Simulations of tax cuts suggest … that income taxes and consumption taxes restrict economic growth equally heavily. Simultaneously reducing all tax rates by …

in public capital (6.0%) and secondarily due to the accumulation of private capital (2.1% annually). Simulations of tax … cuts suggest that a synchronized reduction of all tax rates by 5 percentage points (pp) in Poland should increase the …