Do tax increases tame inflation?

Here is a new AER article by James Cloyne, Joseba Martinez, Haroon Mumtax, and Paolo Surico.  After an extensive data analysis, they arrive at this conclusion:

Based on US federal tax changes post–World War II, our answer is “yes” if personal income taxes are increased but “no” if corporate income taxes are increased.

Of course this is consistent with the view — no longer so commonly admitted — that higher corporate tax rates do have negative supply side effects.  There is an ungated version of the paper here.

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