A General Equilibrium Model for the Incidence of the Payroll Tax
Gelli, Mario Felipe Da Fonseca
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Description
Title
A General Equilibrium Model for the Incidence of the Payroll Tax
Author(s)
Gelli, Mario Felipe Da Fonseca
Issue Date
1981
Department of Study
Economics
Discipline
Economics
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Economics, Finance
Language
eng
Abstract
A static, general equilibrium model of the U.S. economy with a number of consumer groups and industrial sectors is built to analyze the incidence of the payroll tax. A proof of the existence of a competitive equilibrium in an economy with a social security agency which acts independently of the government is provided. Besides the payroll tax, three more fiscal instruments are introduced in the model: income taxes, capital taxes, and output taxes. Moreover, labor-leisure decisions are explicitly incorporated. A computer algorithm is used to obtain numerical solutions for the model, and a comparative statics analysis is performed to assess the impact on the economy of changes in the payroll tax structure.
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