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The Revenue Elasticity of Taxes in the UK

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John Creedy () (Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne)
Norman Gemmell () (Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne)

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This paper provides new estimates of the revenue elasticity of income taxes in the UK over the period 1989-2000. It shows that changes in fiscal structure, including changes to income-related deductions, substantially a.ect these elasticities. Using new analytical expressions, estimates of consumption tax revenue elasticities for VAT and the main UK excises are also obtained. Changes in consumption patterns over time are found to be important for the magnitude of these consumption tax elasticities. A particular merit of the approach used here is that elasticity estimates can be obtained from information on relatively few parameters, almost all of which are available from published sources.

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Paper provided by Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne in its series Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series with number wp2001n11.

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Date of creation: Oct 2001
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  1. Paul Johnson & Peter Lambert, 1989. "Measuring the responsiveness of income tax revenue to income growth: a review and some UK values," Fiscal Studies, Institute for Fiscal Studies, vol. 10(4), pages 1-18, November.
  2. Creedy, J. & Gemmell, N., 2001. "The Revenue Responsiveness of Income and Consumption Taxes in the UK," Department of Economics - Working Papers Series 814, The University of Melbourne. [Downloadable!]
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  3. Bill Robinson, 1987. "How buoyant is public revenue?," Fiscal Studies, Institute for Fiscal Studies, vol. 8(2), pages 35-47, May.
  4. Creedy, John & Gemmell, Norman, 2002. " The Built-In Flexibility of Income and Consumption Taxes," Journal of Economic Surveys, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 16(4), pages 509-32, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. John Creedy & Norman Gemmell, 2003. "The Built-in Flexibility of Income and Consumption Taxes in New Zealand," Treasury Working Paper Series 03/05, New Zealand Treasury. [Downloadable!]
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