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Chair in Public Finance: Working Paper Series

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Chair in Public Finance: Working Paper Series

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  • The Growth Effects of Tax Rates in the OECD 
    Gemmell, Norman; Kneller, Richard; Sanz, Ismael (2013)
    The literature testing for aggregate impacts of taxes on long-run growth rates in the OECD has generally used tax rate measures constructed from macroeconomic aggregates such as tax revenues. These have a number of advantages ...
  • Corporate Taxation and Productivity Catch-Up: Evidence from European firms 
    Gemmell, Norman; Kneller, Richard; McGowan, Danny; Sanz, Ismael; Sanz-Sanz, José F. (2013)
    Firms that lie far behind the technological frontier have the most to gain from imitating the technology or management practices of others. That some firms converge relatively slowly to the productivity frontier suggests ...
  • Government Size, Fiscal Policy and the Level and Growth of Output: A Review of Recent Evidence 
    Gemmell, Norman; Au, Joey (2012)
    Theoretical developments, improved methodologies and more extensive data have helped generate a dramatic increase in the literature testing for the impact of government size and fiscal policy on economic growth in recent ...
  • The Tax Gap: A Methodological Review 
    Gemmell, Norman; Hasseldine, John (2012)
    The global economic crisis has highlighted the continuing problem of tax evasion. For tax agencies to respond, an important antecedent necessitates knowing the extent of the problem. This study is the first to comprehensively ...
  • Inequality Comparisons in a Multi-Period Framework: The Role of Alternative Welfare Metrics 
    Creedy, John; Halvorsen, Elin; Thoresen, Thor (2012)
    This paper considers the use of alternative welfare metrics in evaluations of income inequality in a multi-period context. Using Norwegian longitudinal income data, it is found, as in many studies, that inequality is lower ...

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