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Supply-side Economics in the People's Republic of China's Regional Context: A Quantitative Investigation of Its VAT Reform

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  • Fan Zhai

    (Asian Development Bank, 6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong City, 1550 MM, Philippines,)

  • Jianwu He

    (Development Research Center of the State Council, P.R. China, 225 Chaoyangmen Nei Street Beijing, 100010, P. R. China,)

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The People's Republic of China (PRC) has now decided to shift its value-added tax (VAT) from production-based to consumption-based. This transition is currently piloted in the three provinces of the northeast PRC, and is expected to be extended to the whole country in the coming 2 or 3 years. Using a two-region dynamic general equilibrium model with overlapping generations, this paper investigates the macroeconomic and welfare effects of the VAT transition in PRC. The distribution effects between generations are also analyzed to get a sense of public opinion toward the reform. We put special emphasis on the pace of reform by analyzing the pre-announcement effects and the inter-regional impacts of tax reform that began in one pilot region. The simulation results suggest large welfare gains from the VAT transition. However, the pilot reform in the northeast provinces, which delays the national implementation of consumption-based VAT, would involve substantial transitional costs for the rest of the PRC. (c) 2008 The Earth Institute at Columbia University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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  • Fan Zhai & Jianwu He, 2008. "Supply-side Economics in the People's Republic of China's Regional Context: A Quantitative Investigation of Its VAT Reform," Asian Economic Papers, MIT Press, vol. 7(2), pages 96-121, Spring/Su.
    • Handle: RePEc:tpr:asiaec:v:7:y:2008:i:2:p:96-121
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    1. Li, Shiyu & Lin, Shuanglin, 2023. "Housing property tax, economic growth, and intergenerational welfare: The case of China," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 83(C), pages 233-251.
    2. James A. Giesecke & Nhi H. Tran, 2018. "The National and Regional Consequences of Australia's Goods and Services Tax," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 94(306), pages 255-275, September.

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