Tax policy and consumer spending: Evidence from Japanese fiscal experiments

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 261-281

  Watanabe, Katsunori ^a   Watanabe, Takayuki ^a   Watanabe, Tsutomu ^b  

^a BANK OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^b HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Consumption; Near rationality; Permanent income hypothesis; Taxation

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FISCAL POLICY; INCOME; TAX SYSTEM;

JAPAN;

EID: 0035134199     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1996(00)00077-5     Document Type: Article

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