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Capital Taxation, Development, and Globalization: Evidence from a Macro-Historical Database

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  • Pierre Bachas
  • Matthew H. Fisher-Post
  • Anders Jensen
  • Gabriel Zucman

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This paper builds and analyzes a new global macro-historical database of effective tax rates on capital and labor in 154 countries. We establish a new stylized fact: while effective capital tax rates fell in developed countries between 1965 and 2018, they rose in developing countries since 1990. Multiple research designs at the country, sector and firm-level suggest that trade openness contributed to this rise, by increasing the share of output produced in corporations and larger firms, where effective capital taxation is higher. In contrast to a common view, globalization appears in many countries to have supported governments’ ability to tax capital.

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  • Pierre Bachas & Matthew H. Fisher-Post & Anders Jensen & Gabriel Zucman, 2022. "Capital Taxation, Development, and Globalization: Evidence from a Macro-Historical Database," NBER Working Papers 29819, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    • Handle: RePEc:nbr:nberwo:29819
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    1. Amendolagine, Vito & Bruno, Randolph Luca & Cipollina, Maria & De Pascale, Gianluigi, 2023. "Minimum Global Tax: Winners and Losers in the Race for Mergers and Acquisitions," IZA Discussion Papers 16144, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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    8. Priyaranjan Jha & Rahul Mukherjee, 2023. "Global Taxation and National Welfare States," CESifo Working Paper Series 10522, CESifo.
    9. Silvia Marchesi & Giovanna Marcolongo, 2023. "Knockin' on H(e)aven's door. Financial crises and hidden wealth," Working Papers 518, University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Economics.
    10. Perri, Fabrizio, 2024. "Comment on: “International tax competition with rising intangible capital and financial globalization” by Vincenzo Quadrini and José-Victor Ríos-Rull," Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier, vol. 141(C), pages 121-126.

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    JEL classification:

    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
    • F62 - International Economics - - Economic Impacts of Globalization - - - Macroeconomic Impacts
    • H20 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - General
    • O24 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Trade Policy; Factor Movement; Foreign Exchange Policy

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