Regional effects of federal tax shocks

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This paper studies regional output asymmetries following U.S. federal tax shocks. We estimate a vector autoregressive model for each U.S. state, utilizing the exogenous tax shock series recently proposed by Romer and Romer (2010) and find considerable variations: estimated output multipliers lie between -0.2 in Utah and -3.3 in Hawaii. Statistically, the difference between state and national output effect is significant in about half the U.S. states. Analyzing the determinants of differences in the magnitude of regional tax multipliers suggests that industry composition of output and sociodemographic characteristics help explain the observed asymmetry across U.S. states in the transmission of federal tax policy.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: MAGKS Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics ; No. 17-2012

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Business Fluctuations; Cycles ; Fiscal Policy ; Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General ; General Regional Economics (includes Regional Data) ; Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
• Subject: Fiscal Policy ; Tax Policy ; Narrative Approach ; U.S. States ; Regional Effects ; Asymmetries in Fiscal Policy Transmission ; Steuerpolitik ; Schock ; Regionale Inzidenz ; Teilstaat ; USA

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Hayo, Bernd ; Uhl, Matthias
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Philipps-University Marburg, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics
• (where): Marburg
• (when): 2012

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/73054
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