Optimal Growth Taxation

Marcus Davidsson

Research in World Economy, 2012, vol. 3, issue 1, 35-44

Abstract: Government usually tends to have two options. They can either pursue a tax revenue maximizing strategy or a growth maximizing strategy. The two approached do not necessarily go hand in hand. This paper derives and empirically estimates a simple laissez faire optimal taxation model from the perspective of economic growth. The finding is that governments tend to systematically over tax the economy which leads to suboptimal allocations. Politicians tend to prefer high taxation over a cut in public spending i.e. a reduction in public sector jobs.

Keywords: Economic Growth; Fiscal Policy; Public Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (2)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sciedu.ca/journal/index.php/rwe/article/view/857/480 (application/pdf)
http://www.sciedu.ca/journal/index.php/rwe/article/view/857 (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:jfr:rwe111:v:3:y:2012:i:1:p:35-44

Access Statistics for this article

Research in World Economy is currently edited by Gina Perry

More articles in Research in World Economy from Research in World Economy, Sciedu Press
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Gina Perry ().