International Vat Harmonization: Economic Effects

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Jacob A. Frenkel

Merrill Lynch & Co. - Sovereign Advisory Group and Global Financial Institutions Group; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Assaf Razin

Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Steven Symansky

International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department

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Date Written: February 1991

Abstract

This paper highlights key macroeconomic issues related to VAT harmonization. A model is developed which emphasizes the effects of changes in the time profile of various taxes on international behavior. Dynamic simulations reveal that the macroeconomic and welfare implications of VAT harmonization, including conflicts of interest, depend critically on the tax system and the degree of substitution governing temporal and intertemporal allocations. We also demonstrate that the effects of revenue-neutral tax conversions between income and consumption tax systems undertaken by a single country depend critically on international differences in behavior.

JEL Classification: 320, 430

Suggested Citation

Frenkel, Jacob A. and Razin, Assaf and Symansky, Steven, International Vat Harmonization: Economic Effects (February 1991). IMF Working Paper No. 91/22, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=884650

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