Complete State and Local Fiscal Policy Impacts on Local Economic Growth

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dc.contributor.author Denaux, Zulal S. en_US
dc.contributor.author Walden, Michael L. en_US
dc.coverage.spatial North and Central America--United States--North Carolina en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2009-10-01T14:18:07Z en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2011-03-02T17:24:11Z
dc.date.available 2009-10-01T14:18:07Z en_US
dc.date.available 2011-03-02T17:24:11Z
dc.date.issued 2004 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10428/332 en_US
dc.description.abstract What is the net effect of simultaneous changes in tax rates and government spending on economic growth? This question is both of theoretical interest to economists as well as practical interest to public decision makers. Our contribution to the question is two-fold. First, we advance the theoretical content by developing a two-sector endogenous growth model and showing the effects on economic growth of five types of taxes and three categories of public spending. Second, we empirically apply the model and calculate net growth impacts of alternative combinations of tax rate and public spending changes. Our results show the net impacts on growth importantly depend on the tax and spending combination considered. Increasing corporate income tax rates, regardless of how the revenues are spent, retard economic growth. Upwardly shifting marginal individual income tax rates with the added funds spent on higher education raises economic growth, while spending the funds on K-12 public education lowers growth. Finally, simultaneously increasing gas tax rates and spending on roads raises economic growth. en_US
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher Valdosta State University en_US
dc.rights Copyright protected. Unauthorized reproduction or use beyond the exceptions granted by the Fair Use clause of U.S. Copyright law may violate federal law. en_US
dc.subject Effect of simultaneous changes en_US
dc.subject Tax rates en_US
dc.subject K-12 public education en_US
dc.subject Public spending en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Expenditures, Public en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Government spending policy en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Taxation en_US
dc.title Complete State and Local Fiscal Policy Impacts on Local Economic Growth en_US
dc.type Preprint en_US


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