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Uncertain parameter values and the choice among policy options

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  • Fullerton, Don
  • Lyon, Andrew B.

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In this paper, we use tax policy choices to illustrate and investigate the more general problem of using uncertain parameter values in models to evaluate policy choices. We show, for this tax example, how debate on an elasticity parameter translates into a debate about policy choices, andvice versa. To construct this example, we suppose that the choice among four particular tax reform options is based on a single measure of efficiency gain. We show how this gain from each reform depends upon the elasticity of saving with respect to the net rate of return. Within quite narrow and reasonable bounds for the elasticity parameter, we find regions in which each of three different tax reforms turns out to dominate the others.
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  • Fullerton, Don & Lyon, Andrew B., 1986. "Uncertain parameter values and the choice among policy options," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 30(1), pages 109-116, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:pubeco:v:30:y:1986:i:1:p:109-116
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    1. Omar O. Chisari & Gustavo Ferro & Juan Pablo Vila Martínez, 2017. "International mobility of capital, wage indexation, and the cost of policy mistakes under ambiguity: a CGE evaluation," International Economics and Economic Policy, Springer, vol. 14(4), pages 643-660, October.
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    3. Gliesmann, Christian & Ruocco, Anna, 1996. "Computational general equilibrium analysis and economic reasoning," Tübinger Diskussionsbeiträge 71, University of Tübingen, School of Business and Economics.
    4. Fehr, Hans & Wiegard, Wolfgang, 1996. "Numerische Gleichgewichtsmodelle: Grundstruktur, Anwendungen und Erkenntnisgehalt," Tübinger Diskussionsbeiträge 75, University of Tübingen, School of Business and Economics.

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