Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/128362 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 5657
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
This paper investigates how tax revenue elasticities develop with respect to their tax base and analyses the specific impact of the business cycle. The main novelty of the paper is to use revenue data net of discretionary tax measures. Based on an EU country panel for the period 2001-13, we estimate short-term and long-term revenue elasticities for different revenue categories. Then, we add different indicators of the business cycle to test its specific influence on the short-term dynamics of revenue-to-base elasticities. A specific impact of the business cycle is found for all revenue categories, except for consumption taxes.
Subjects: 
fiscal policy
budget balance
revenue elasticity
cyclical adjustment
tax measures
JEL: 
E32
H20
H30
H60
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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