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Public Economics Lectures Part 1: Introduction

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Open Economy Application: Framework<br />

Small country introduces tax on capital income (K 1 )<br />

After-tax returns must be equal:<br />

r ∗ = F 2K = (1 − τ)F 1K<br />

Capital flows from 1 to 2 until returns are equalized; if 2 is large<br />

relative to 1, no effect on r ∗<br />

Wage rate w 1 = F 1L (K 1 , L 1 ) dec. when K 1 dec. b/c L 1 is fixed<br />

Return of capitalists in small country is unchanged; workers in home<br />

country bear the burden of the tax<br />

Taxing capital is bad for workers!<br />

<strong>Public</strong> <strong>Economics</strong> <strong>Lectures</strong> () <strong>Part</strong> 2: Tax Incidence 100 / 142

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