Optimal Taxation of Capital Income in Models with Endogenous Fertility



- dd ln Uc = (1 - Ta)r*


- n - ρ.


(13b)


From (13a), it is clear that in an open economy (relatively to a closed
one) the opportunity cost of one unit of fertility is raised by b.Sincer is
pinned down by r
* + δ, the input demand system (5) implies that the capital
k

intensity and the wage rate are fixed and tax invariant; that is, — = κ and
k

w = w , where κ = f' 1(r* + δ) > 0, w = f*) κ f -*) and f (—) = F(
k

— , 1) is the output-labor ratio.

Alternatively, in the case of source-based capital taxation, the arbitrage
condition between domestic and foreign assets requires that the after-tax
return on capital is equal to the world interest rate, i.e. (1
τk)(r δ) = r*,
where τ
k represents the domestic capital income tax rate. Therefore, the
representative agent’s dynamic budget constraint becomes

..

k + b= (r* n)(k + b) + (1 τ ι)wl + q c.            (14)

From the consumers’ standpoint, optimality requires that (13a) and the
following Euler equation

— ln Uc = r* n
dt


ρ,


(15)


are satisfied.

The demand for capital (5a) along with the condition of perfect capital
mobility implies that (1
τ k)[Fk(k, —) δ]=r*. From this relationship, we


k

get that — = κ(τk) (with κ =


(with w' =


κ(f ' δ)
f4 <0).


(f ' δ)

------—- < 0) and, using (5b), w = w(τk )

(1 — τ k)f ''


In each capital income tax regime, revenues from labor and wealth taxa-
tion finance the exogenous stream of government expenditure.


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