Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/19108 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 1644
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
This paper incorporates an uncoordinated struggle for extra fiscal favors into an otherwise standard Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium model. This reflects the popular belief that interest groups compete for privileged transfers and tax treatment at the expense of the general public interest, and so the aggregate economy stagnates. The model is calibrated to the euro area over the period 1980-2003. Our results show that rent-seeking competition can contribute to explaining the European macroeconomic experience. We also get quantitative evidence of the fraction of collected tax revenues grabbed by rent seekers.
Subjects: 
rent seeking
fiscal policy
real business cycles
JEL: 
H23
E62
E32
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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