Progressive taxation and (in)stability in an exogenous growth model with non-market ("home") production

Aleksandar Vasilev

EERI Research Paper Series from Economics and Econometrics Research Institute (EERI), Brussels

Abstract: We show that in a exogenous growth model with non-market (”home”) sector calibrated to Bulgarian data under the progressive taxation regime (1993-2007), the economy exhibits equilibrium indeterminacy due to the presence of non-market production. These results are in line with the findings in Benhabib and Farmer (1994, 1996) and Farmer (1999). Also, the findings in this paper are in contrast to Guo and Lansing (1988) who argue that progressive taxation works as an automatic stabilizer. Under the flat tax regime (2008-16), the economy calibrated to Bulgarian data displays saddle-path stability. The decrease in the average effective tax rate addresses the indeterminacy issue and eliminates the ”stable focus” dynamics.

Keywords: Progressive taxation; Non-market Sector; Home Production; Equilibrium (In)determinacy. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D51 D91 H22 J46 O41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-12-13
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