The Impact of Economic Growth, Tax Policy and Economic Freedom on Income Inequality
The Journal of Private Enterprise, Fall 2008
12 Pages Posted: 20 Feb 2015
Date Written: 2008
Abstract
Considerable disagreement exists about how economic growth, taxes, and other policies affect the distribution of income from both a theoretical and empirical perspective. This short paper attempts to shed some light on the empirical debate about the role of tax policy in determining economic growth and the distribution of income.
Keywords: Taxation, Economic growth, Economic freedom, Income distribution
JEL Classification: O4, E6
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Clark, Jeff R. and Lawson, Robert A., The Impact of Economic Growth, Tax Policy and Economic Freedom on Income Inequality (2008). The Journal of Private Enterprise, Fall 2008, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2566842
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