Frisch seminar: Jonas Hamang

Distortionary effects of CF-taxation in a GE-framework

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In this paper we examine when a pure CF-tax (proportional ad valorem) is neutral in a general equilibrium framework.

Sufficient conditions for neutrality are linear utility, with CRRA as an exception if all income is subjected to the same CF-tax-rate.

We find that the direction of the effect from a CF-tax on investments is in general ambiguous, depending on the level of non-taxable income and preferences.

Under sufficiently high levels of risk-aversion we show that an equilibrium with CF-taxation will contain more risky investments.

 

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