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Title: | Public goods, congestion, and fiscal policy: Do consumption-based instruments matter? |
Authors: | Chatterjee, S Ghosh, S |
Keywords: | Public Goods;Congestion;Consumption-based scal instru-ments;Growth;Welfare |
Issue Date: | 2009 |
Publisher: | Brunel University |
Citation: | Economics and Finance Working papers, Brunel University, 09-07. |
Abstract: | We examine the impact of scal policy on macroeconomic performance when public goods play a dual role by simultaneously providing both productive and utility services to the private sector. When these services are subject to congestion, a consumption tax is distortionary, generating a dynamic adjustment that contrasts an income tax. The design of optimal scal policy demonstrates the possibilities for using both income- and consumption-based scal instruments as opposed to relying on the income tax alone. In correcting for congestion, an income tax-consumption subsidy combination is the preferred policy when factor-substitutability in production is limited. On the other hand, an increase in the elasticity of substitution in production raises the e cacy of a consumption tax as an alternative to the income tax. Not internalizing the dual bene ts of public goods might lead to misleading predictions regarding the e ect of public policies on welfare. |
URI: | http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/3788 |
Appears in Collections: | Economics and Finance Dept of Economics and Finance Research Papers |
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