Estimating VAT Pass Through /

This paper estimates the pass through of VAT changes to consumer prices, using a unique dataset providing disaggregated, monthly data on prices and VAT rates for 17 Eurozone countries over 1999-2013. Pass through is much less than full on average, and differs markedly across types of VAT change. For...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Benedek, Dora
Other Authors: Mooij, Ruud A., Wingender, Philippe
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2015.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2015/214
Online Access:Full text available on IMF