UID:
edocfu_9958077064902883
Format:
1 online resource (34 p.)
ISBN:
1-4623-1451-1
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1-4527-5621-X
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1-282-44785-8
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1-4519-0697-8
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9786613821058
Series Statement:
IMF working paper ; WP/05/142
Content:
This paper uses a dynamic computable general equilibrium model (CGE) to analyze the macroeconomic and redistributive effects of replacing turnover and financial transaction taxes in Brazil by a consumption tax. In order to approximate Brazil's compliance with its fiscal adjustment targets, the proposed reform is subject to a non increasing path for the level of public debt. Despite an increase in the average consumption tax rate in the first years after the reform, a majority of individuals experienced an increase in their lifetime welfare. This result rejects the hypothesis that the on-going fiscal adjustment effort carried on by the Brazilian government was an obstacle to the implementation of a more efficient tax system.
Note:
"July 2005."
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""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. FISCAL ADJUSTMENT AND THE BRAZILIAN TAX SYSTEM.""; ""III. The Model""; ""A. Preferences and the Individual Budget Constraint""; ""B. Technology""; ""C. Government""; ""D. Equilibrium and Simulation Methodology""; ""E . Tax Reform Experiment""; ""IV. Model Parameterization and Calibration""; ""V. Simulation Results""; ""A. Macroeconomic Effects""; ""B. Welfare Effects""; ""VI. CONCLUSIONS""; ""APPENDIX I. Equivalence Between Taxes on Corporate Revenues and a Tax on General Income""; ""APPENDIX II. Parameterization and Calibration Details""
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""References""
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4518-6161-3
Language:
English
