An edition of Optimal capital income taxation (2007)

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Andrew B. Abel
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In an economy with identical infinitely-lived households that obtain utility from leisure as well as consumption, Chamley (1986) and Judd (1985) have shown that the optimal tax system to pay for an exogenous stream of government purchases involves a zero tax rate on capital in the long run, with tax revenue collected by a distortionary tax on labor income. Extending the results of Hall and Jorgenson (1971) to general equilibrium, I show that if purchasers of capital are permitted to deduct capital expenditures from taxable capital income, then a constant tax rate on capital income is non-distortionary. Importantly, even though this specification of the capital income tax imposes a zero effective tax rate on capital, the capital income tax can collect substantial revenue. Provided that government purchases do not exceed gross capital income less gross investment, the optimal tax system will consist of a positive tax rate on capital income and a zero tax rate on labor income--just the opposite of the results of Chamley and Judd.

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2007, National Bureau of Economic Research
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Cambridge, Mass

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"August 2007"

Includes bibliographical references (p. 38).

Also available in PDF from the NBER world wide web site (www.nber.org).

Series
NBER working paper series -- no. 13354., Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research) -- working paper no. 13354.

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HB1

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Pagination
38 p. ;
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38

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OL17635142M
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2007616495
OCLC/WorldCat
173618469

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