Options for Revenue-based Fiscal Consolidation
Measures targeted at the revenue side of the budget can contribute between € 10 and € 28 billion to the consolidation of public finances. This total amount could be reached without harming the economy via an increase of excise taxes, an enhanced taxation of wealth and the abolition of tax exemptions...| Link(s) zu Dokument(en): | WIFO Publikation |
|---|---|
| Veröffentlicht in: | Austrian Economic Quarterly |
| Hauptverfasser: | , , |
| Format: | article |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Veröffentlicht: |
2010
|
| Schlagworte: |
| Zusammenfassung: | Measures targeted at the revenue side of the budget can contribute between € 10 and € 28 billion to the consolidation of public finances. This total amount could be reached without harming the economy via an increase of excise taxes, an enhanced taxation of wealth and the abolition of tax exemptions, which have undesired economic effects, as well as the privatisation of selected government shareholdings. |
|---|