Sunday, May 17, 2015

Unit 5 - Laffer Curve

Definition
  • A trade off between tax rate and government revenue.
  • Used to support the supply side economic.
  • As tax increase from 0 to some max level then decline

*Criticism of Laffer Curve
  • Research suggest that impact of tax rate on incentive to work, save and invest are small.
  • Tax cut also create demand, which can fill inflation -> demand exceeds supply.
  • Where the economy is actually located on the curve is difficult to determine. 

Reaganomics:
Lower marginal tax rate -> deficit

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