IMF Working Papers

Tax Efficiency in an Open Economy

By Thierry Pujol, W. R. M. Perraudin

October 1, 1990

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Thierry Pujol, and W. R. M. Perraudin Tax Efficiency in an Open Economy, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1990) accessed September 20, 2024
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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.

Subject: Consumption, Consumption taxes, Labor supply, Personal income tax, Terms of trade

Keywords: Lump sum, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    14

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 1990/094

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA0941990

  • ISBN:

    9781451950663

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

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