Costs of Taxation and the Benefits of Public Goods : The Role of Income Effects

The fact that raising taxes can increase taxed labor supply through income effects is frequently used to justify much lower measures of the marginal welfare cost of taxes and greater public good provision than indicated by traditional, compensated analyses. The authors confirm that this difference r...

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Main Authors: Martin, Will, Anderson, James E.
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/09/6259320/costs-taxation-benefits-public-goods-role-income-effects
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spelling okr-10986-85922021-04-23T14:02:43Z Costs of Taxation and the Benefits of Public Goods : The Role of Income Effects Martin, Will Anderson, James E. AGGREGATE SUPPLY BENCHMARK BUDGET CONSTRAINTS COMPETITIVE MARKET CONSUMER DEMAND CONSUMERS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISTORTIONARY TAXES ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMIC STUDIES ECONOMISTS ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUPPLY EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EQUATIONS EXPENDITURES FISCAL BALANCE FISCAL COST FISCAL COSTS FISCAL POLICY FOREIGN EXCHANGE GDP GOVERNMENT SPENDING GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HOUSEHOLD INCOME INCOME INCOME EFFECT INCOME EFFECTS INCOME ELASTICITY INCOME GENERATION INCOME GROUPS INCOME TAXATION INCOME TAXES INEFFICIENCY INTERMEDIATE GOODS INTERMEDIATE INPUTS INTERNATIONAL TRADE LEISURE LOW INCOME MARGINAL BENEFITS MARGINAL COST MARGINAL COSTS MARGINAL VALUE MARGINAL WELFARE COSTS MARKET PRICES NET IMPACT NUMERAIRE OUTPUT OUTPUTS POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY DECISIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY REFORM POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY PRICE CHANGES PRIVATE GOODS PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCERS PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC ECONOMICS PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC GOOD PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC SPENDING QUOTAS REAL INCOME ROADS SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS SOCIAL COSTS SOCIAL MARGINAL COST TAX TAX INCENTIVES TAX RATES TAX REFORM TAX REFORMS TAX REVENUE TAX REVENUES TAXABLE INCOME TAXATION USER CHARGES VALUATION WAGES WELFARE EFFECTS WILLINGNESS TO PAY The fact that raising taxes can increase taxed labor supply through income effects is frequently used to justify much lower measures of the marginal welfare cost of taxes and greater public good provision than indicated by traditional, compensated analyses. The authors confirm that this difference remains substantial with newer elasticity estimates, but show that either compensated or uncompensated measures of the marginal cost of funds can be used to evaluate the costs of taxation-and will provide the same result-as long as the income effects of both taxes and public good provision are incorporated in a consistent manner. 2012-06-20T21:07:27Z 2012-06-20T21:07:27Z 2005-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/09/6259320/costs-taxation-benefits-public-goods-role-income-effects http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8592 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3700 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic AGGREGATE SUPPLY
BENCHMARK
BUDGET CONSTRAINTS
COMPETITIVE MARKET
CONSUMER DEMAND
CONSUMERS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DISTORTIONARY TAXES
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ECONOMIC REVIEW
ECONOMIC STUDIES
ECONOMISTS
ELASTICITIES
ELASTICITY
ELASTICITY OF SUPPLY
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EQUATIONS
EXPENDITURES
FISCAL BALANCE
FISCAL COST
FISCAL COSTS
FISCAL POLICY
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
GDP
GOVERNMENT SPENDING
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
INCOME
INCOME EFFECT
INCOME EFFECTS
INCOME ELASTICITY
INCOME GENERATION
INCOME GROUPS
INCOME TAXATION
INCOME TAXES
INEFFICIENCY
INTERMEDIATE GOODS
INTERMEDIATE INPUTS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
LEISURE
LOW INCOME
MARGINAL BENEFITS
MARGINAL COST
MARGINAL COSTS
MARGINAL VALUE
MARGINAL WELFARE COSTS
MARKET PRICES
NET IMPACT
NUMERAIRE
OUTPUT
OUTPUTS
POLICY ANALYSIS
POLICY DECISIONS
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY MAKERS
POLICY REFORM
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL ECONOMY
PRICE CHANGES
PRIVATE GOODS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCERS
PRODUCTIVITY
PUBLIC ECONOMICS
PUBLIC FUNDS
PUBLIC GOOD
PUBLIC GOODS
PUBLIC SPENDING
QUOTAS
REAL INCOME
ROADS
SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS
SOCIAL COSTS
SOCIAL MARGINAL COST
TAX
TAX INCENTIVES
TAX RATES
TAX REFORM
TAX REFORMS
TAX REVENUE
TAX REVENUES
TAXABLE INCOME
TAXATION
USER CHARGES
VALUATION
WAGES
WELFARE EFFECTS
WILLINGNESS TO PAY
spellingShingle AGGREGATE SUPPLY
BENCHMARK
BUDGET CONSTRAINTS
COMPETITIVE MARKET
CONSUMER DEMAND
CONSUMERS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DISTORTIONARY TAXES
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ECONOMIC REVIEW
ECONOMIC STUDIES
ECONOMISTS
ELASTICITIES
ELASTICITY
ELASTICITY OF SUPPLY
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EQUATIONS
EXPENDITURES
FISCAL BALANCE
FISCAL COST
FISCAL COSTS
FISCAL POLICY
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
GDP
GOVERNMENT SPENDING
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
INCOME
INCOME EFFECT
INCOME EFFECTS
INCOME ELASTICITY
INCOME GENERATION
INCOME GROUPS
INCOME TAXATION
INCOME TAXES
INEFFICIENCY
INTERMEDIATE GOODS
INTERMEDIATE INPUTS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
LEISURE
LOW INCOME
MARGINAL BENEFITS
MARGINAL COST
MARGINAL COSTS
MARGINAL VALUE
MARGINAL WELFARE COSTS
MARKET PRICES
NET IMPACT
NUMERAIRE
OUTPUT
OUTPUTS
POLICY ANALYSIS
POLICY DECISIONS
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY MAKERS
POLICY REFORM
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL ECONOMY
PRICE CHANGES
PRIVATE GOODS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCERS
PRODUCTIVITY
PUBLIC ECONOMICS
PUBLIC FUNDS
PUBLIC GOOD
PUBLIC GOODS
PUBLIC SPENDING
QUOTAS
REAL INCOME
ROADS
SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS
SOCIAL COSTS
SOCIAL MARGINAL COST
TAX
TAX INCENTIVES
TAX RATES
TAX REFORM
TAX REFORMS
TAX REVENUE
TAX REVENUES
TAXABLE INCOME
TAXATION
USER CHARGES
VALUATION
WAGES
WELFARE EFFECTS
WILLINGNESS TO PAY
Martin, Will
Anderson, James E.
Costs of Taxation and the Benefits of Public Goods : The Role of Income Effects
relation Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3700
description The fact that raising taxes can increase taxed labor supply through income effects is frequently used to justify much lower measures of the marginal welfare cost of taxes and greater public good provision than indicated by traditional, compensated analyses. The authors confirm that this difference remains substantial with newer elasticity estimates, but show that either compensated or uncompensated measures of the marginal cost of funds can be used to evaluate the costs of taxation-and will provide the same result-as long as the income effects of both taxes and public good provision are incorporated in a consistent manner.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Martin, Will
Anderson, James E.
author_facet Martin, Will
Anderson, James E.
author_sort Martin, Will
title Costs of Taxation and the Benefits of Public Goods : The Role of Income Effects
title_short Costs of Taxation and the Benefits of Public Goods : The Role of Income Effects
title_full Costs of Taxation and the Benefits of Public Goods : The Role of Income Effects
title_fullStr Costs of Taxation and the Benefits of Public Goods : The Role of Income Effects
title_full_unstemmed Costs of Taxation and the Benefits of Public Goods : The Role of Income Effects
title_sort costs of taxation and the benefits of public goods : the role of income effects
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/09/6259320/costs-taxation-benefits-public-goods-role-income-effects
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8592
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