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On the Origin of the Laffer Curve

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  • Petr Mach

    (University of Finance and Administration)

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In 1974 Arthur Laffer sketched his famous curve on a restaurant napkin. Jude Wanniski gave the curve Laffer’s name and popularized it in 1978. Nowadays the Laffer curve is part of most economics textbooks and essential argument in tax debates. In this paper we present less known citations on the relation between the tax rate and the tax revenue of Milton Friedman, John Maynard Keynes, and Adam Smith who uttered the idea lying behind the Laffer curve long time before Arthur Laffer. long run.

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  • Petr Mach, 2019. "On the Origin of the Laffer Curve," ACTA VSFS, University of Finance and Administration, vol. 13(2), pages 186-191.
    • Handle: RePEc:prf:journl:v:13:y:2019:i:2:p:186-191
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    Keywords

    Laff er curve; taxation; history of economic thought;
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    JEL classification:

    • B0 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - General
    • H20 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - General

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