Natural volatility, welfare and taxation

Posch Olaf and Waelde Klaus
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Klaus Wälde

No 2005009, Discussion Papers (ECON - Département des Sciences Economiques) from Université catholique de Louvain, Département des Sciences Economiques

Abstract: Cyclical components are analytically computed in a theoretical model of stochastic endogenous fluctuations and growth. Volatility is shown to depend on the speed of convergence of the cyclical component, the expected length of a cycle and on the attitude of the slump. Taxes affect these channels and can therefore explain cross-country differences and breaks over time in volatility. With exogenous sources of fluctuations, a special case of our model, decentralized factor allocation is efficient. With endogenous fluctuations and growth decentralized factor allocation is inefficient and (time invariant) taxes can (de-) stabilize the economy. No unambiguous link exists between volatility and welfare.

Keywords: Endogenous fluctuations and growth; welfare analysis; taxation; stochastic continuous time model; Poisson uncertainty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C65 E32 E62 H3 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33
Date: 2005-03-01
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