Tax Efficiency in an Open Economy

Author/Editor:

Thierry Pujol ; W. R. M. Perraudin

Publication Date:

October 1, 1990

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Summary:

This note assesses the relative efficiency of different tax bases in an open economy. If terms of trade effects are large, lump-sum taxation may be inferior to distortionary consumption or wage taxes. This result is demonstrated analytically using a simple neoclassical model. An overlapping generations, general equilibrium, simulation model is then employed to show the empirical significance of the effects involved.

Series:

Working Paper No. 1990/094

Subject:

English

Publication Date:

October 1, 1990

ISBN/ISSN:

9781451950663/1018-5941

Stock No:

WPIEA0941990

Pages:

14

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