02105cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF009068 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451955095 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Tesa, Linda. Supply-Side Economics in an Integrated World Economy / Linda Tesa, Enrique Mendoza. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1993. 1 online resource (62 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students The macroeconomic effects of changes in tax and expenditure policies are examined in the context of the competitive equilibrium of a two-country, two-sector model of an integrated world economy. Governments finance purchases and net transfers of tradable and nontradable goods by imposing distortionary taxes on factor incomes and consumption. The model is parameterized and calibrated using data from large industrial economies, including estimates of effective tax rates. Numerical simulations provide estimates of the welfare costs associated with existing distortionary taxes and of the potential gains linked to a more efficient use of these taxes. Welfare gains from tax reforms favoring indirect taxation are substantial. The effects of permanent changes in expenditures depend on their sectoral allocation across tradables and nontradables and on whether they are debtor tax-financed. Trade in goods and assets is very sensitive to fiscal policy changes, but aggregate consumption patterns and welfare implications are not. Mode of access: Internet Mendoza, Enrique. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1993/081 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/1993/081/001.1993.issue-081-en.xml IMF e-Library