OECD Economics Department Working Papers

ISSN :
1815-1973 (online)
DOI :
10.1787/18151973
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Working papers from the Economics Department of the OECD that cover the full range of the Department’s work including the economic situation, policy analysis and projections; fiscal policy, public expenditure and taxation; and structural issues including ageing, growth and productivity, migration, environment, human capital, housing, trade and investment, labour markets, regulatory reform, competition, health, and other issues.
 

Economic Growth and the Role of Taxation - Aggregate Data You or your institution have access to this content

Authors:
Gareth D. Myles1
Author Affiliations
  • 1: University of Exeter, United Kingdom

Publication Date
15 July 2009
Bibliographic information
No.:
714
Pages
64
DOI
10.1787/222781828316

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Economic growth is the basis of increased prosperity. This makes the attainment of growth a key objective for governments across the world. The rate of growth can be affected by policy choices through the effect that taxation has upon economic decisions and through productive public expenditures. This paper surveys research that has undertaken empirical analysis of aggregate data. The focus of the survey is the identification of the factors that determine the rate of growth.
Keywords:
taxation, public policy, aggregate data, economic growth
JEL Classification:
  • C01: Mathematical and Quantitative Methods / General / Econometrics
  • H: Public Economics
  • H2: Public Economics / Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
  • O4: Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth / Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity