Tax Fluctuations Drive Business Cycles, Impacting Welfare Costs and Consumption.
The article discusses different aspects of fiscal policy and its impact on the economy. It shows how taxes can affect the business cycle, reconstructs income tax schedules, and analyzes the relationship between money and interest rates. The researchers also estimate the welfare costs of distortionary taxation and calculate potential gains from optimal tax reform. Additionally, they present a method for solving linear expectational difference equations.