Arbeitspapier
Estimating Policy-Corrected Long-Term and Short-Term Tax Elasticities for the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom
We estimate the elasticities of the most important tax categories using a new quarterly database of discretionary tax measures for the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom over the period 1980Q1 to 2018Q2. Employing Romer and Romer's (2009) narrative approach, we construct a policy-neutral dataset based on revenue figures from governmental records. Using this quantitative information, we are able to subtract policy-induced changes, which are typically not considered in the extant literature. Furthermore, we estimate state-dependent elasticities. Our conclusions are as follows. (i) In Germany and the UK, long-term tax-to-base elasticities are generally higher than short-term elasticities, whereas results for the US are mixed. (ii) Short-term base-to-output elasticities tend to be smaller than unity, whereas long-term elasticities are close to unity. (iii) German and UK tax-to-output elasticities in the short term are lower than long-term elasticities, with mixed results for the US. (iv) For tax-to-base elasticities, we find business cycle asymmetries across countries but not within countries. (v) For base-to-output elasticities, our results suggest few asymmetries across countries and more asymmetries across tax types. (vi) Typically, the above conclusions do not hold for corporate income tax.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: MAGKS Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics ; No. 12-2021
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Fiscal Policy
Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General
Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents: General
Business Fluctuations; Cycles
- Thema
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Tax revenue
tax base
tax elasticity
business cycle
Germany
United Kingdom
United States
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Hayo, Bernd
Mierzwa, Sascha
Unal, Umut
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Philipps-University Marburg, School of Business and Economics
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Marburg
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2021
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Hayo, Bernd
- Mierzwa, Sascha
- Unal, Umut
- Philipps-University Marburg, School of Business and Economics
Entstanden
- 2021
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