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A CGE Anlysis of the Danish 1993 Tax Reform

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The structural effects of the Danish tax reform of 1993 are evaluated using DREAM, a dynamic CGE model of the Danish economy featuring overlapping generations of agents who have perfect foresight. The tax reform implied a reduction in the tax burden and the progressivity of the labor income taxation, an introduction of "green" taxes as revenue raising instrument and a restructuring of the capital income taxation. We find that the overall macroeconomic effects of the total reform are limited, but that the accumulation of wealth in the private sector is stimulated, which generates a long run increase in aggregate consumption. Analyzing the three parts of the reform separately reveals that the small net effect of the reform is due to counteracting forces of each of the parts. The reform is a strict Pareto improvement - given the initial calibration of the model - in the sense that all generations are better off after the reform.

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  • Martin B. Knudsen & Lars Haagen Pedersen & Toke Ward Pedersen & Peter Stephensen & Peter Trier, 1998. "A CGE Anlysis of the Danish 1993 Tax Reform," DREAM Working Paper Series 199803, Danish Rational Economic Agents Model, DREAM.
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    • C68 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Computable General Equilibrium Models
    • D58 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Computable and Other Applied General Equilibrium Models
    • D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
    • E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy; Modern Monetary Theory
    • E65 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Studies of Particular Policy Episodes

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