Taxation and Endogenous Growth in Open Economies

By Nouriel Roubini, Gian M Milesi-Ferretti

July 1, 1994

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Nouriel Roubini, and Gian M Milesi-Ferretti. Taxation and Endogenous Growth in Open Economies, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1994) accessed September 19, 2024

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Summary

This paper examines the effects of taxation of human capital, physical capital and foreign assets in a multi-sector model of endogenous growth. It is shown that in general the growth rate is reduced by taxes on capital and labor (human capital) income. When the government faces no borrowing constraints and is able to commit to a given set of present and future taxes, it is shown that the optimal tax plan involves high taxation of both capital and labor in the short run. This allows the government to accumulate sufficient assets to finance spending without any recourse to distortionary taxation in the long run. When restrictions to government borrowing and lending are imposed, the model implies that human and physical capital should be taxed similarly.

Subject: Capital income, Capital income tax, Foreign assets, Human capital, Labor taxes

Keywords: Income tax, Physical capital, Real interest rate, Tax rate, WP

Publication Details

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36
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Working Paper No. 1994/077
Stock No:

WPIEA0771994
ISBN:

9781451849943
ISSN:

1018-5941

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