01971cas a2200277 a 4500 AALejournalIMF014483 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781498305075 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Belinga, Vincent. Tax Buoyancy in OECD Countries / Vincent Belinga, Dora Benedek, Ruud A. Mooij, John Norregaard. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2014. 1 online resource (18 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 By how much will faster economic growth boost government revenue? This paper estimates short- and long-run tax buoyancy in OECD countries between 1965 and 2012. We find that, for aggregate tax revenues, short-run tax buoyancy does not significantly differ from one in the majority of countries; yet, it has increased since the late 1980s so that tax systems have generally become better automatic stabilizers. Long-run buoyancy exceeds one in about half of the OECD countries, implying that GDP growth has helped improve structural fiscal deficit ratios. Corporate taxes are by far the most buoyant, while excises and property taxes are the least buoyant. For personal income taxes and social contributions, short- and long-run buoyancies have declined since the late 1980s and have, on average, become lower than one. Mode of access: Internet Benedek, Dora. Mooij, Ruud A. Norregaard, John. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2014/110 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2014/110/001.2014.issue-110-en.xml IMF e-Library