Corresponding author: Christopher Heady, School of Economics, University of Kent, Keynes College, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NP, UK. Email: C.J.Heady@kent.ac.uk.
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Tax Policy for Economic Recovery and Growth†
Article first published online: 1 FEB 2011
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2010.02415.x
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Arnold, J. M., Brys, B., Heady, C., Johansson, Å., Schwellnus, C. and Vartia, L. (2011), Tax Policy for Economic Recovery and Growth. The Economic Journal, 121: F59–F80. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2010.02415.x
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This article benefited greatly from important contributions from Stefano Scarpetta and two anonymous referees. The authors also thank Jørgen Elmeskov, Giuseppe Nicoletti, Jeffrey Owens, Jean-Luc Schneider and Ana Cebreiro-Gomez but remain responsible for all errors. The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the OECD or the governments of its member countries.
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This article identifies tax policy that both speeds recovery from the current economic crisis and contributes to long-run growth. This is a challenge because short-term recovery requires increases in demand while long-term growth requires increases in supply. As short-term tax concessions can be hard to reverse, this implies that policies to alleviate the crisis could compromise long-run growth. The analysis makes use of recent evidence on the impact of tax structure on economic growth to identify which growth-enhancing tax changes can also aid recovery, taking account of the need to protect those on low incomes.