Arbeitspapier

Capital income taxation and specialization patterns: Investment tax vs. saving tax

Unless free international lending/borrowing is allowed, domestic saving equals domestic investment and hence saving and investment taxes have the identical effect, as is the case in a closed-economy context. However, if it is allowed, households can accumulate foreign assets besides domestic capital and hence saving and investment are separated, causing the two taxes to have different effects. Using a two-sector growth model, we show that the two taxes generate completely different effects on industrial structure. The investment tax always shrinks the capital-intensive sector whereas the saving tax may well expand it.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: ISER Discussion Paper ; No. 649

Classification
Wirtschaft
Open Economy Macroeconomics
Fiscal Policy
Subject
saving tax
investment tax
two-sector growth model
industrial structure
financial asset trade
Kapitalertragsteuer
Kapitalmobilität
Steuer
Mehr-Sektoren-Modell
Neue Wachstumstheorie

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Ono, Yoshiyasu
Shibata, Akihisa
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Osaka University, Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
(where)
Osaka
(when)
2006

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  • Arbeitspapier

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  • Ono, Yoshiyasu
  • Shibata, Akihisa
  • Osaka University, Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)

Time of origin

  • 2006

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