Welfare Effects of National Taxes in an Economy with Regions

The present paper illustrates that changes in national commodity and income tax rates will affect the location choices of mobile factors of production within an economy. It is also argued that revenue (expenditure) neutral changes in the tax mix, for example, an increase in the commodity tax combine...

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Main Authors: Petchey, Jeffrey, Levtchenkova, Sofia
Format: Journal Article
Published: Blackwell Publishing Asia 2003
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11949
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description The present paper illustrates that changes in national commodity and income tax rates will affect the location choices of mobile factors of production within an economy. It is also argued that revenue (expenditure) neutral changes in the tax mix, for example, an increase in the commodity tax combined with a decrease in the income tax rate, will affect the domestic distribution of mobile factors, their supply to the economy and social welfare. In other words, revenue neutrality should not be used as a guide to the welfare effects of tax mix changes.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-119492017-09-13T16:06:10Z Welfare Effects of National Taxes in an Economy with Regions Petchey, Jeffrey Levtchenkova, Sofia The present paper illustrates that changes in national commodity and income tax rates will affect the location choices of mobile factors of production within an economy. It is also argued that revenue (expenditure) neutral changes in the tax mix, for example, an increase in the commodity tax combined with a decrease in the income tax rate, will affect the domestic distribution of mobile factors, their supply to the economy and social welfare. In other words, revenue neutrality should not be used as a guide to the welfare effects of tax mix changes. 2003 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11949 10.1111/1475-4932.t01-1-00099 Blackwell Publishing Asia restricted
spellingShingle Petchey, Jeffrey
Levtchenkova, Sofia
Welfare Effects of National Taxes in an Economy with Regions
title Welfare Effects of National Taxes in an Economy with Regions
title_full Welfare Effects of National Taxes in an Economy with Regions
title_fullStr Welfare Effects of National Taxes in an Economy with Regions
title_full_unstemmed Welfare Effects of National Taxes in an Economy with Regions
title_short Welfare Effects of National Taxes in an Economy with Regions
title_sort welfare effects of national taxes in an economy with regions
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11949