Author : Ms.Jenny Elisabeth Ligthart
Release : 1998-12-01
Genre : Business & Economics
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 244/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Dynamic Macroeconomic Effects of Tax Policy in an Overlapping Generations Model by : Ms.Jenny Elisabeth Ligthart
Download or read book The Dynamic Macroeconomic Effects of Tax Policy in an Overlapping Generations Model written by Ms.Jenny Elisabeth Ligthart. This book was released on 1998-12-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The paper studies the dynamic allocation effects of tax policy in the context of an overlapping generations model of the Blanchard-Yaari type. The model is extended to allow for endogenous labor supply and three tax instruments: a capital income tax, labor income tax, and consumption tax. Analytical expressions and simple diagrams are used to discuss the impact, transition, and long-run effects of tax policy changes. It is shown that a part of the long-run incidence of capital and consumption taxes falls on capital when households’ horizons are finite, whereas labor would fully bear the burden of these taxes in an infinite horizon model.