University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
A General Equilibrium Model for the Incidence of the Payroll Tax
Abstract
dc:descriptionA 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.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph.D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Economics
- Grantor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Year dc:date
- 2014
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
-
- Gelli, Mario Felipe Da Fonseca
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Rights
- Language dc:language
- eng
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- (UMI)AAI8114426
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/67678