Scandinavian Working Papers in Business Administration

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Örebro University, School of Business

No 2010:6: SAINT – a Standardized CGE-model for Analysis of Indirect Taxation

Lars Bohlin ()
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Lars Bohlin: Department of Business, Economics, Statistics and Informatics, Postal: Örebro University, Swedish Business School, SE - 701 82 ÖREBRO, Sweden

Abstract: This paper describes a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model that builds on the IFPRI standard model but is more suitable for analysis of taxes on specific commodities. It has a richer structure of taxes and trade margins on commodities than the IFPRI model and a flexible nest structure of production and household demand functions. It may be used for open as well as for closed economies. Also, data for a Swedish implementation is described and this application of the model is compared to some previous Swedish CGE models in terms of the estimated effects of a doubling of the CO2 tax rate.

Keywords: Optimal taxation; CGE-analysis

JEL-codes: D58; D62; H23

64 pages, September 21, 2010

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