TAXATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NEW ZEALAND

Since the Second World War and until recent reforms, New Zealand has suffered from a low rate of economic growth and a high level of taxation. This paper models the relationship between taxation and economic growth and estimates the "optimal"or "growth-maximizing" tax rate. It is found to be about half of the actual tax rate. The marginal cost of taxation in New Zealand is S2.64 for each extra dollar of taxes collected.     

INCOME INEQUALITY IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND: INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS AND RECENT TRENDS

In this paper we present results on the distribution of income in Australia and New Zealand that can be compared with those for a range of other advanced countries. The framework of analysis, concepts and definitions used have been developed as part of the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS). Using data for the early 1980s, the results indicate that the income distributions in Australia and New Zealand are not, as previous research has suggested, more equal than those in other countries. Neither country has an equivalent net family income inequality ranking in the top half of the eight countries studied. Further analysis indicates increasing inequality in Australia in the first half of the 1980s and, on the basis of some indicators, in New Zealand also. The paper does not investigate the causes of these increases in inequality, although the results indicate that the rise in property income has been a factor behind them.     

中国近代的经济增长和中长周期波动

从鸦片战争到全国解放的历史时期,中国经济发展总体状况如何?一百余年间,中国经济增长的速度是快还是慢?这一百余年的经济史如何划分阶段?该文利用可以找到的中国近代经济统计资料,运用数理分析方法对中国经济近代化的程度、发展状况进行度量和分析,以回答上述问题.该文的研究始于19世纪80年代,止于20世纪30年代中期,由中国近代的经济增长;中国近代经济发展的中长周期波动;中国近代经济增长的总趋势与发展阶段三个部分组成.