2019
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213498
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Taxation and economic sophistication: Evidence from OECD countries

Abstract: Taxation policies can explain the differences in countries’ capacity to produce and export more sophisticated products. We develop a theoretical model considering elements from standard models of economic growth to highlight that a country’s productive structure is implied by the appropriate fiscal policy that is necessary for the development of sophisticated products. We show that economies that rely less on capital relative to labor taxation tend to produce more complex products, while countries that rely mo… Show more

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“…The regression result indicated a negative and significant relationship between the foreign direct investment other capital and the growth of the Nigeria economy. The results of this study corroborate the findings of [7] using a sample of 17 Organisation for Economic Co-operation (OECD countries the findings provide strong evidence that country's capital taxation policy has a negative and statistically strong impact on its productive structure.…”
Section: Discussing Of Findingssupporting
confidence: 85%
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“…The regression result indicated a negative and significant relationship between the foreign direct investment other capital and the growth of the Nigeria economy. The results of this study corroborate the findings of [7] using a sample of 17 Organisation for Economic Co-operation (OECD countries the findings provide strong evidence that country's capital taxation policy has a negative and statistically strong impact on its productive structure.…”
Section: Discussing Of Findingssupporting
confidence: 85%
“…Hence high tax rates can make workers to reduce working hours, engage in less productive economic activities which can reduce economic growth. Government policies should be used to ensure that companies should continue to invest in the economy [7]. The relationship between taxes and economic growth is controversial, this is because of tax effect on the decisions made by individuals and firms as well as the direct influence of taxation on the economy as a whole [9].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Local tax incentives are a stimulus to increase the productivity of goods and services. Tax incentives can play a role in increasing the economic sophistication of a country (Lapatinas et al, 2019). In other words, the modernization of a country's economy reflects the appropriate regional fiscal policies and tax structures.…”
Section: Lawsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Economies that rely less on capital relative to labour taxation tend to produce more sophisticated products, while those based more heavily on capital relative to labour taxation will produce simple products. The negative impact of taxation on economic complexity is stronger in the more developed economies [90].…”
Section: Institutional Factorsmentioning
confidence: 99%