Arbeitspapier

Income differences and input-output structure

We consider a multi-sector general equilibrium model with IO linkages, sector-specific productivities and tax rates. Using tools from network theory, we investigate how the IO structure interacts with productivities and taxes in the determination of aggregate income. We show that aggregate income is a simple function of the first and second moments of the distribution of the IO multipliers, sectoral productivities and sectoral tax rates. We then estimate the parameters of the model to fit their joint empirical distribution. Poor countries have more extreme distributions of IO multipliers than rich economies: there are a few high-multiplier sectors, while most sectors have very low multipliers; by contrast, rich countries have more sectors with intermediate multipliers. Moreover, the correlations of these with productivities and tax rates are positive in poor countries, while being negative in rich ones. The estimated model predicts cross-country income differences extremely well, also out-of-sample. Finally, we perform a number of counterfactuals and compute optimal tax rates.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Working Paper Series ; No. 15-11

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
Input-Output Models
Network Formation and Analysis: Theory
Thema
input-output structure
networks
productivity
cross-country income differences

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Fadinger, Harald
Ghiglino, Christian
Teteryatnikova, Mariya
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
University of Mannheim, Department of Economics
(wo)
Mannheim
(wann)
2015

Handle
URN
urn:nbn:de:bsz:180-madoc-396276
Letzte Aktualisierung
20.09.2024, 08:21 MESZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Fadinger, Harald
  • Ghiglino, Christian
  • Teteryatnikova, Mariya
  • University of Mannheim, Department of Economics

Entstanden

  • 2015

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