Arbeitspapier

On the macroeconomic and fiscal effects of the tax cuts and jobs act

There is substantial disagreement about the consequences of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017, which constitutes the most extensive tax reform in the United States in more than 30 years. Using a large-scale two-country dynamic general equilibrium model with nominal rigidities, we find that the TCJA increases GDP by about 2% in the medium-run and by about 2.5% in the long-run. The short-run impact depends crucially on the degree and costs of variable capital utilization, with GDP effects ranging from 1 to 3%. At the same time, the TCJA does not pay for itself. In our analysis, the reform decreases tax revenues and raises the debt-to-GDP ratio by about 15 percentage points in the medium-run until 2025. We show that combining the TCJA with spending cuts can dampen the increase in government indebtedness without reducing its expansionary effect.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Arbeitspapier ; No. 10/2018

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Fiscal Policy
Comparative or Joint Analysis of Fiscal and Monetary Policy; Stabilization; Treasury Policy
Studies of Particular Policy Episodes
Thema
tax reform
corporate taxes
capital taxes
labor income taxes
spending cuts
fiscal stimulus

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Lieberknecht, Philipp
Wieland, Volker
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Sachverständigenrat zur Begutachtung der Gesamtwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung
(wo)
Wiesbaden
(wann)
2019

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Lieberknecht, Philipp
  • Wieland, Volker
  • Sachverständigenrat zur Begutachtung der Gesamtwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung

Entstanden

  • 2019

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