Can Tax Policy Help Explain State-Level Macroeconomic Growth?

Posted: 18 Sep 2013

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Steven Yamarik

California State University, Long Beach - Department of Economics; Henan University

Date Written: September 16, 1999

Abstract

This paper empirically tests the role of tax distortions in explaining state-level economic growth through the estimation of disaggregated personal income, general sales and property tax rates. The results show that these disaggregated tax rates generate predictions more consistent with growth theory.

Keywords: Regional growth, Marginal tax rates

JEL Classification: O47, H71

Suggested Citation

Yamarik, Steven, Can Tax Policy Help Explain State-Level Macroeconomic Growth? (September 16, 1999). Economics Letters, Vol. 68, No. 8, 2000, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2326664

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