Arbeitspapier

Time-consistent consumption taxation

We characterise optimal tax policies when the government has access to consumption taxation and cannot credibly commit to future policies. We consider a neoclassical economy where factor income taxation is distortionary within the period, due to endogenous labour and capital utilisation and non-tax-deductibility of depreciation. Contrary to the case where only labour and capital income are taxed, the optimal time-consistent policies with consumption taxation are remarkably similar to their Ramsey counterparts. The welfare gains from commitment are negligible, while they are substantial without consumption taxation. Further, the welfare gains from taxing consumption are much higher without commitment.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Working Paper ; No. 857

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Fiscal Policy
Taxation and Subsidies: Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
Thema
fiscal policy
Markov-perfect policies
consumption taxation
variable capital utilisation

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Laczo, Sarolta
Rossi, Raffaele
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Queen Mary University of London, School of Economics and Finance
(wo)
London
(wann)
2018

Handle
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Laczo, Sarolta
  • Rossi, Raffaele
  • Queen Mary University of London, School of Economics and Finance

Entstanden

  • 2018

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