Abstract :
Laffer curvesfortheUS,theEU-14andindividualEuropeancountriesarecompared,
using aneoclassicalgrowthmodelfeaturing‘‘constantFrischelasticity’’(CFE)prefer-
ences. Newtaxratedataisprovided.TheUScanmaximallyincreasetaxrevenuesby
30% withlabortaxesand6%withcapitaltaxes.Weobtain8%and1%fortheEU-14.
There, 54%ofalabortaxcutand79%ofacapitaltaxcutareself-financing.The
consumptiontaxLaffercurvedoesnotpeak.Endogenousgrowthandhumancapital
accumulationaffecttheresultsquantitatively.Householdheterogeneitymaynotbe
important,whiletransitionmattersgreatly
