Tax Cuts and Economic Activity: Israel in the 2000s

29 Pages Posted: 18 May 2015

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Zvi Hercowitz

Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Avihai Lifschitz

Tel Aviv University

Date Written: May 2015

Abstract

This paper evaluates the quantitative macroeconomic effects of the persistent decline of income and corporate tax rates in Israel during the 2000s. The analysis is based on the simulation of a calibrated model, given a parameterized version of the tax rates process in this period. The results indicate an important contribution of the tax process to the expansion of GDP during the 2000s.

Suggested Citation

Hercowitz, Zvi and Lifschitz, Avihai, Tax Cuts and Economic Activity: Israel in the 2000s (May 2015). Israel Economic Review, Vol. 12, No. 2 (2015), 97–125, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2607199

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Avihai Lifschitz

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