Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/232059 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Citation: 
[Journal:] Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control [ISSN:] 0165-1889 [Volume:] 94 [Publisher:] Elsevier [Place:] Amsterdam [Year:] 2018 [Pages:] 142-189
Publisher: 
Elsevier, Amsterdam
Abstract: 
This paper characterizes long-run and short-run optimal fiscal policy in the labor selection framework. In a calibrated non-Ramsey decentralized equilibrium, labor market volatility is inefficient. Keeping fixed the structural parameters, the Ramsey government achieves efficient labor market volatility; doing so requires labor-income tax volatility that is orders of magnitude larger than the "tax-smoothing" results based on Walrasian labor markets, but a few times smaller than the results based on search and matching markets. We analytically characterize selection-model-consistent wedges and ine ciencies in order to understand optimal tax volatility.
Subjects: 
labor market frictions
hiring costs
efficiency
optimal taxation
labor wedge
zero intertemporal distortions
JEL: 
E24
E32
E50
E62
E63
J20
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Article
Document Version: 
Accepted Manuscript (Postprint)
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