Natural volatility, welfare and taxation

Olaf Posch () and Klaus Wälde
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Olaf Posch: Department of Economics University of Hamburg
Klaus Wälde: University of Würzburg, CESifo and UCL
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No 95, Computing in Economics and Finance 2006 from Society for Computational Economics

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 altitude 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: E32 H3 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006-07-04
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Working Paper: Natural Volatility, Welfare and Taxation (2006)
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