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Rent Taxation in a Small Open Economy: The Effect on Transitional Generations

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  • Koethenbuerger, Marko

    (CESifo)

  • Poutvaara, Panu

    (University of Munich)

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We show that taxation of rents may yield an intergenerational Pareto-improvement in a small open economy provided tax revenues are earmarked to reduce wage taxes. Previous literature has shown that rent taxation benefits current young and future generations, while we show that it also benefits the current old generation when the initially prevailing tax mix is sufficiently skewed towards wage taxation.

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  • Koethenbuerger, Marko & Poutvaara, Panu, 2007. "Rent Taxation in a Small Open Economy: The Effect on Transitional Generations," IZA Discussion Papers 2559, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    • Handle: RePEc:iza:izadps:dp2559
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    Keywords

    capitalization; transitional dynamics; labor supply; asset prices; rent taxes;
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    JEL classification:

    • H22 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Incidence
    • E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy; Modern Monetary Theory
    • F02 - International Economics - - General - - - International Economic Order and Integration

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