The Nexus among Domestic Investment, Taxation, and Economic Growth in Germany: Cointegration and Vector Error Correction Model Analysis

Bakari, Sayef and Ahmadi, Ali and Tiba, Sofien (2019): The Nexus among Domestic Investment, Taxation, and Economic Growth in Germany: Cointegration and Vector Error Correction Model Analysis.

Abstract

The development of endogenous growth theory has opened an avenue through which the effects of taxation on economic growth can be explored. Indeed, several empirical studies have examined the effect of many criteria, typically measured as domestic investment, on economic growth. This study reviews the theoretical and empirical evidence to assess whether a consensus arises as to how taxation affects the rate of economic growth. It is shown that the theoretical models isolate several channels through which taxation can affect growth and that these effects may be very. Our empirical facts record that both taxation of corporate and domestic investment positively influence economic growth, as well as, economic growth can affect taxation.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Taxation, Domestic Investment, Economic Growth, Germany, VECM
• Subjects: E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E2 - Consumption, Saving, Production, Investment, Labor Markets, and Informal Economy > E22 - Investment ; Capital ; Intangible Capital ; Capacity; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E6 - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook > E62 - Fiscal Policy; H - Public Economics > H2 - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O4 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity > O47 - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth ; Aggregate Productivity ; Cross-Country Output Convergence; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O5 - Economywide Country Studies > O52 - Europe

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