Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/245425 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 9244
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
This paper explores the dynamic effects of trade liberalization on tax revenue using a worldwide panel dataset. Results point to statistically significant negative effect of liberalization on (non- resource) tax revenues in the short term and no significant effect in the medium term. Liberalization also alter the tax structure tilting revenues toward indirect taxes away from direct ones. Economies which have implemented value added taxes prior to liberalization have mitigated its negative effects on tax revenues. The evidence is supportive of the complementarity role of state capacity to reap the benefits of liberalization.
Subjects: 
tax
tax structure
openness
liberalization
natural resources
JEL: 
H20
H87
F13
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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