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Supply-Side Economics in an Integrated World Economy
Author: Ms. Linda L. Tesa and Mr. Enrique G. Mendoza
Series:
IMF Working Papers
Volume/Issue:
Volume 1993: Issue 081
Language:
English
Publication Date:
01 Nov 1993
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451955095.001
ISBN:
9781451955095
ISSN:
1018-5941
Pages:
62
Keywords:
WP; trade balance; Laffer curve; aggregate output; capital stock; world economy; consumption tax; substitution effect; elasticity consumption change; consumption-output ratio rise; output share; welfare gain; factor income; income tax; debt convergence; Consumption taxes; Capital income tax; Consumption; Personal income tax; Europe
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The macroeconomic effects of changes in tax and expenditure policies are examined in the context of the competitive equilibrium of a two-country, two-sector model of an integrated world economy. Governments finance purchases and net transfers of tradable and nontradable goods by imposing distortionary taxes on factor incomes and consumption. The model is parameterized and calibrated using data from large industrial economies, including estimates of effective tax rates. Numerical simulations provide estimates of the welfare costs associated with existing distortionary taxes and of the potential gains linked to a more efficient use of these taxes. Welfare gains from tax reforms favoring indirect taxation are substantial. The effects of permanent changes in expenditures depend on their sectoral allocation across tradables and nontradables and on whether they are debtor tax-financed. Trade in goods and assets is very sensitive to fiscal policy changes, but aggregate consumption patterns and welfare implications are not.
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IMF Working Papers
ISSN:
1018-5941
Publisher:
International Monetary Fund