This paper discusses the macroeconomic adjustment and the intergenerational and international incidence of a switch from the current destination-based value-added taxation to a origin-based VAT within a dynamic general equilibrium framework. Such a reform will affect the welfare levels of...

This paper discusses the macroeconomic adjustment and the intergenerational and international incidence of a switch from the current destination-based value-added taxation to a origin-based VAT within a dynamic general equilibrium framework. Such a reform will affect the welfare levels of...

A switch from the current destination-based value-added taxation to an origin-based consumption tax will not be neutral in a world economy with international capital mobility and overlapping generations. This paper evaluates the macroeconomic and welfare effects of such a multilateral reform in...