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The Impact of Converting to a Consumption Tax When Saving Propensities Vary: An Empirical Analysis

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  • Kenneth Lewis
  • Laurence Seidman

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It has been recognized that conversion of an income tax to a consumption tax can increase aggregate saving even if each household maintains a constant propensity to save. The reason is heterogeneity: the variation in the propensity to save among households. How much of an increase in saving is an empirical question. Using the best available (but not wholly adequate) U.S. data, we estimate that the increase may be as much as 10% of saving. New data stratified by age would be necessary to obtain a more reliable estimate. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 1998

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  • Kenneth Lewis & Laurence Seidman, 1998. "The Impact of Converting to a Consumption Tax When Saving Propensities Vary: An Empirical Analysis," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance, vol. 5(4), pages 499-503, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:itaxpf:v:5:y:1998:i:4:p:499-503
    DOI: 10.1023/A:1008698706731
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    1. James Alm & Asmaa El-Ganainy, 2013. "Value-added taxation and consumption," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance, vol. 20(1), pages 105-128, February.
    2. Laurence Seidman, 2013. "Overcoming the Fiscal Trilemma with Two Progressive Consumption Tax Supplements," Public Finance Review, , vol. 41(6), pages 824-851, November.
    3. Alberto Petrucci, 2002. "Consumption Taxation and Endogenous Growth in a Model with New Generations," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance, vol. 9(5), pages 553-566, September.

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    Consumption tax; Tax reform;

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