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Title: Growth Effects of Income and Consumption Taxes

Author(s): Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti and Nouriel Roubini

Publication Date: September 1998

Keyword(s): consumption taxation, Economic Growth and income taxation

Programme Area(s): International Macroeconomics

Abstract: The effects of income and consumption taxation are examined in the context of models in which the growth process is driven by the accumulation of human and physical capital. The different channels through which these taxes affect economic growth are discussed. It is shown that the effects of taxation on growth depend crucially on whether the sector producing human capital is a market sector, on the technology for human capital accumulation and on the specification of the leisure activity. In general, the taxation of factor incomes (human and physical capital) is growth-reducing, while the effects of a consumption tax depend on the specification of leisure. The paper also derives implications for the growth-maximizing choice of tax instruments.

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Milesi-Ferretti, G and Roubini, N. 1998. 'Growth Effects of Income and Consumption Taxes'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=1979