The impact of labour tax progressivity on the fiscal multipliers in the contex of fiscal consolidation programs

Fiscal multipliers depend on several structural characteristics of each economy. In this work projectit is argued that labor income tax progressivity lowers fiscal multipliers of fiscal consolidation programs. By calibrating a model withincomplete-markets andoverlapping generationsfor the United Sta...

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Main Author: Santos, Mariana Isabel Da Costa (author)
Format: masterThesis
Language:eng
Published: 2020
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10362/104198
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:run.unl.pt:10362/104198