Is it possible to increase growth and welfare by raising lump-sum taxes and disposing of the tax revenues? Is it possible to increase welfare by raising capital income taxes and redistributing the revenue as a subsidy to labor income? This thesis shows these may indeed be the case in standard R&D models with technological change, represented either by an increase in the variety of intermediate goods or by creative destruction. The key mechanism is that with elastic labor supply the tax programs can increase the employment rate in equilibrium. This creates two spillover effects on the R&D pace. In addition the tax programs themselves will have level effect on the instantaneous utility. The relative momentums of the spillovers and the level effect determine the sign of the welfare effect. It is shown that, for parameter values consistent with available estimates, the growth and welfare can both be improved under the wasted lump-sum tax program, and that the welfare effect can be positive even if the long-run growth rate decreases after the increase in the capital income tax rate.
E' possibile incrementare il benessere e la crescita mediante imposte in somma fissa, il cui gettito non venga usato produttivamente? E' possibile incrementare il benessere e la crescita mediante imposte sul reddito da capitale i cui proventi vengano usati per sussidiare i salari? In questo lavoro dimostriamo come la risposta ad entrame le domande possa essere positiva in modelli di crescita endogena trainata da Ricerca e Sviluppo, sia del tipo con espansione della varietà dei beni sia del tipo con aumento della qualità dei beni. Il meccanismo chiave è l'aumento dell'offerta di lavoro che le politiche descritte possono indurre. Tali politiche agiranno sui due tipi di esternalità nel modello, la prima statica la seconda dinamica. Il peso relativo di queste esternalità determinerà il segno dell'effetto totale delle politiche sul benessere sociale. Mostriamo come, per valori dei parametri coerenti con le stime disponibili, crescita e benessere possano aumentare introducendo imposte in somma fissa, il cui gettito venga sprecato, mentre il programma di tassazione del capitale e sussidi ai salari possa aumentare il benessere, anche se la crescita può ridursi.
Long, X. (2009). Optimal taxation in R&D driven endogenous growth models [10.58015/long-xin_phd2009-12-21].
Optimal taxation in R&D driven endogenous growth models
LONG, XIN
2009-12-21
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Is it possible to increase growth and welfare by raising lump-sum taxes and disposing of the tax revenues? Is it possible to increase welfare by raising capital income taxes and redistributing the revenue as a subsidy to labor income? This thesis shows these may indeed be the case in standard R&D models with technological change, represented either by an increase in the variety of intermediate goods or by creative destruction. The key mechanism is that with elastic labor supply the tax programs can increase the employment rate in equilibrium. This creates two spillover effects on the R&D pace. In addition the tax programs themselves will have level effect on the instantaneous utility. The relative momentums of the spillovers and the level effect determine the sign of the welfare effect. It is shown that, for parameter values consistent with available estimates, the growth and welfare can both be improved under the wasted lump-sum tax program, and that the welfare effect can be positive even if the long-run growth rate decreases after the increase in the capital income tax rate.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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