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Fiscal Policies in a Finite Horizon Model with the Spirit of Capitalism

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  • Liutang Gong

    (Guanghua School of Management, Peking University)

  • Heng-fu Zou

    (Institute for Advanced Study, Wuhan University)

Abstract

This paper examines the effects of government debt and deficit, income tax, and public investment on economy in a endogenous growth model with finite-horizon, the spirit of capitalism, and government expenditure. It shows that with the increasing of the spirit of capitalism and life horizon (the probability of death will be decreasing), the growth rate and the public investment (government expenditure-output ratio) will be increasing; but the consumption-capital ratio will be decreasing; The effects of income tax rate and public investment on growth rate and consumption-capital ratio appear Laffer curve style, thus we present the optimal income tax rate and public investment, which is different from Barro (1990), the optimal income tax rate and public investment will not be equal yet. The effects of government debt and social security on economy are included also.

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  • Liutang Gong & Heng-fu Zou, 1998. "Fiscal Policies in a Finite Horizon Model with the Spirit of Capitalism," CEMA Working Papers 102, China Economics and Management Academy, Central University of Finance and Economics.
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    Keywords

    Government debt; Taxation; Public investment; The spirit of capitalism;
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    JEL classification:

    • E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth
    • H54 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Infrastructures
    • O41 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - One, Two, and Multisector Growth Models

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