Do Temporary Business Tax Cuts Matter? : A General Equilibrium Analysis /

This paper develops a dynamic general equilibrium model to assess the effects of temporary business tax cuts. First, the analysis extends the Ricardian equivalence result to an environment with production and establishes that a temporary tax cut financed by a future tax-increase has no real effect i...

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Main Author: Gbohoui, William
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2019/029
Online Access:Full text available on IMF
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