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Optimal Factor Taxation under Wage Bargaining - A Dynamic Perspective

Erkki Koskela and Leopold von Thadden

No 836, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: We consider the issue of steady-state optimal factor taxation in a Ramsey-type dynamic general equilibrium setting with two distinct distortions: i) taxes on capital and labour are the only available tax instruments for raising revenues, and ii) labour markets are subject to a static inefficiency resulting from wage bargaining. If considered in isolation, under broad assumptions the two distortions create conflicting demands on the wage tax, while calling for a zero capital tax. By combining the two distortions, we arrive at the conclusion that both instruments should be used, implying that the zero-capital tax result in general is no longer valid under imperfectly competitive labour markets.

Keywords: optimal taxation; imperfectly competitive labour markets; capital accumulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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