Optimal taxation in an RBC model : a linear-quadratic approach /

"We reconsider the optimal taxation of income from labor and capital in the stochastic growth model analyzed by Chari et al. (1994, 1995), but using a linear-quadratic (LQ) approximation to derive a log-linear approximation to the optimal policy rules. The example illustrates how inaccurate &qu...

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Main Author: Benigno, Pierpaolo
Corporate Author: National Bureau of Economic Research
Other Authors: Woodford, Michael, 1955-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : National Bureau of Economic Research, 2005
Series:Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research) ; working paper no. 11029
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