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VAT rate dispersion and TFP loss in China’s manufacturing sector

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The paper studies dispersion in the effective VAT rate, a directly measurable distortion, across manufacturing firms in China and assesses its impact on aggregate production efficiency through misallocation from 2000 to 2007. Using a model based on Hsieh and Klenow (2009), I find that a revenue-neutral tax reform which eliminates the dispersion in VAT rates alone produces a gain in aggregate TFP in the order of 7.9% of GDP on average in the period 2000 to 2007.

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  • Chen, Shawn Xiaoguang, 2017. "VAT rate dispersion and TFP loss in China’s manufacturing sector," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 155(C), pages 49-54.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:155:y:2017:i:c:p:49-54
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2017.03.008
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    Keywords

    VAT; Misallocation; TFP; Revenue-neutral reform; China;
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    JEL classification:

    • O11 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
    • O47 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
    • H21 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
    • H25 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Business Taxes and Subsidies

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