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Unemployment, Government Spending and the Laffer Effect
- Source :
- Fiscal Studies. June, 2010, Vol. 31 Issue 2, p227, 24 p.
- Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- To authenticate to the full-text of this article, please visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-5890.2010.00113.x Byline: Ludger Linnemann ([dagger]) Keywords: tax policy; unemployment; labour market frictions; Laffer curve; government spending; growth Abstract: Abstract The paper studies the effects of income tax rate changes in a general equilibrium model with frictional unemployment. Laffer curve effects, by which a tax rate reduction may increase the level of government spending or its share in output, are shown to be possible under certain conditions. These are the presence of unemployment benefit payments, government budget balance through fiscal spending adjustment and limited quantitative importance of labour reallocation costs. Endogenous government spending acts as a fiscal accelerator if the fiscal burden of unemployment benefit payments is large, but reduces the employment effects of tax rate cuts if it is low. Author Affiliation: ([dagger])Technical University of Dortmund (ludger.linnemann@tu-dortmund.de)
- Subjects :
- Income tax -- Government finance
Income tax -- Analysis
Unemployment insurance -- Government finance
Unemployment insurance -- Analysis
Tax rates -- Government finance
Tax rates -- Analysis
Tax law -- Government finance
Tax law -- Analysis
Unemployment -- Government finance
Unemployment -- Analysis
Fiscal policy -- Government finance
Fiscal policy -- Analysis
Expenditures, Public -- Government finance
Expenditures, Public -- Analysis
Tax law
Banking, finance and accounting industries
Business
Business, general
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01435671
- Volume :
- 31
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Gale General OneFile
- Journal :
- Fiscal Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsgcl.230195541