Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/81934 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 124
Publisher: 
Universität Leipzig, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Leipzig
Abstract: 
Against the backdrop of high macroeconomic instability and the need to meet the demands of public spending, we analyze the trade-off between growth and volatility of tax revenues in Latin America. Short-run and long-run elasticities for a sample of eleven economies are estimated accounting for state-dependent asymmetric reactions. Controlling for composition of revenue sources and other idiosyncrasies, we find revenues above (below) its long-run equilibrium to react stronger (weaker) to business cycle dynamics. Our detailed elasticity estimates can give some orientation on how to stably reach higher tax levels on the way to develop an adequate internal tax system.
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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