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Tax Evasion and Financial Repression: A Reconsideration Using Endogenous Growth Models

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Rangan Gupta () (Department of Economics, University of Pretoria)
Emmanuel Ziramba () (Department of Economics, University of South Africa)

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Abstract

Using two dynamic monetary general equilibrium models characterized by endogenous growth, financial repression and endogenously determined tax evasion, we analyze whether financial repression can be explained by tax evasion. When calibrated to four Souther European economies, we show that higher degrees of tax evasion within a country, resulting from a higher level of corruption and a lower penalty rate, yields higher degrees of financial repression as a social optimum. However, a higher degree of tax evasion, due to a lower tax rate, reduces the severity of the financial restriction. In addition, we find the results to be robust across growth models with or without productive public expenditures. The only difference being that the policy parameters in the former case have higher optimal values.

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Paper provided by University of Pretoria, Department of Economics in its series Working Papers with number 200808.

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Keywords: Underground Economy; Tax evasion; Macroeconomic Policy;

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E26 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomics: Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Informal Economy; Underground Economy
E63 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Comparative or Joint Analysis of Fiscal and Monetary Policy; Stabilization

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  1. Rangan Gupta & Emmanuel Ziramba, 2008. "Optimal Public Policy with Endogenous Mortality," Working Papers 200829, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
  2. Rangan Gupta & Emmanuel Ziramba, 2008. "Misalignment in the Growth-Maximizing Policies under Alternative Assumptions of Tax Evasion," Working Papers 200819, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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