Income Inequality,Taxation, and Growth |
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Authors: | Maria Cornachione Kula Daniel L Millimet |
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Institution: | (1) Gabelli School of Business, Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI 02809, USA;(2) Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University, Box 0496, Dallas, TX 75275, USA |
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Abstract: | Much recent theoretical and empirical research has focused on the relationship between income distribution and economic growth.
The fiscal policy approach argues that inequality is linked to pressure for redistributionary taxation, leading to low capital
investment and, therefore, growth. Empirical analyses are consonant with this view in that the long-run relationship between
inequality and growth is negative. However, several empirical inconsistencies with the fiscal policy approach do emerge: (a)
there exists a short-run, positive relationship between income inequality and growth and (b) the relationship between inequality
and taxation is mixed, at best. This paper presents a simple theoretical model that reconciles the intuitively appealing fiscal
policy approach with the empirical findings. |
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