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The economic effects of the fair tax: analysis of results of a dynamic CGE model of the US economy

Bhattarai, Keshab; Haughton, Jonathan; Tuerck, David G.

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Jonathan Haughton

David G. Tuerck



Abstract

By replacing the current income tax with a national sales tax, the FairTax proposal would end the double taxation of saving inherent in the existing tax code and, by doing so, raise output, employment, investment and capital stock relative to the benchmark economy. While these positive effects would be felt almost immediately, the FairTax is very much an investment in the future. Its full benefits would be realized only after the economy achieved a new “steady state,” some 20–25 years into implementation. Only by that point, will the effects on growth have been fully absorbed into the economy and the wellbeing of most households across most income groups improved. The policy choice, then, is between the status quo, and a new policy that would inflict some short-run pain as the price of a permanently expanded economy.

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Bhattarai, K., Haughton, J., & Tuerck, D. G. (2016). The economic effects of the fair tax: analysis of results of a dynamic CGE model of the US economy. International economics and economic policy : IEEP, 13(3), 451-466. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10368-016-0352-4

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jan 15, 2015
Online Publication Date May 28, 2016
Publication Date 2016-07
Deposit Date Jul 14, 2015
Publicly Available Date May 28, 2016
Journal International economics and economic policy
Print ISSN 1612-4804
Publisher Springer Verlag
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 13
Issue 3
Pages 451-466
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s10368-016-0352-4
Keywords Dynamic CGE; Tax reform; Growth; Distribution; US economy
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/376388
Publisher URL http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10368-016-0352-4
Additional Information Copy of article first published in: International economics and economic policy, 2016, v.13 issue 3.
Contract Date Jul 14, 2015

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