The Case for Supply-Side Economics Revisited: The Effect of Time Preference |
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Authors: | Ludwig Van Den Hauwe |
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Affiliation: | (1) Adjunct Scholar, Avenue Van Volxem 326 bus, 1190 Brussels, Belgium |
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Abstract: | Despite some legitimate criticisms that are acknowledged, the basic idea behind the Laffer curve analysis of the 1980s is theoretically sound. Some of the fallacies and flaws that subsist in standard accounts of the general effects of taxation can be related to the fact that time preference is not taken into account. The primary significance of time preference has been insufficiently recognized in the mainstream literature. Apart from Buchanan's refinements of the Laffer curve analysis and besides the widespread recognition of the phenomenon of time preference by economists of the so-called Austrian school, amazingly little attention has been paid to it. This article constitutes an attempt to help remedy this situation. Moreover the Austrian analysis provides valuable insights concerning the problem of the incidence of taxation that haven't received proper recognition either. |
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Keywords: | time preference supply-side economics Laffer-effect substitution effect incidence of taxation consumption tax |
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