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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Corruption, optimal taxation, and growth |
Author: | Barreto, R. Alm, J. |
Citation: | Public Finance Review, 2003; 31(3):207-240 |
Publisher: | Sage Publications Inc |
Issue Date: | 2003 |
ISSN: | 1091-1421 1552-7530 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Raul A. Barreto and James Alm |
Abstract: | How does the presence of corruption affect the optimal mix between consumption and income taxation? In this article, the authors examine this issue using a simple neoclassical growth model, with a self-seeking and corrupt public sector. They find that the optimal tax mix in a corrupt economy is one that relies more heavily on consumption taxes than on income taxes, relative to an economy without corruption. Their model also allows them to investigate the effect of corruption on the optimal (or welfare-maximizing) size of government, and their results indicate that the optimal size of government balances the wishes of the corrupt public sector for a larger government, and so greater opportunities for corruption, with those in the private sector who prefer a smaller government. Not surprisingly, the optimal size of government is smaller in an economy with corruption than in one without corruption. |
Description: | © 2003 SAGE Publications |
DOI: | 10.1177/1091142103031003001 |
Published version: | http://pfr.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/31/3/207 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 2 Economics publications |
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