Publications
On this page is a list of Professor Gemmell’s publications from 2011-2013 inclusive. For quicker search, please click on links below for a shortcut to the relevant section on this page.
- Annual Report
- Academic Publications
- Books and Book Chapters
- Conference & Seminar Presentations/Papers
- Other Papers
For earlier publications (2010 and prior), please view here.
Annual Report
The 2011/2012 Annual Report for the Chair in Public Finance is now available.
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Academic Publications
2013
Gemmell, N., Kneller, R. and Sanz, I. (forthcoming), 'Fiscal decentralization and economic growth: spending versus revenue decentralization’, Economic Inquiry, published on-line, January 2013. DOI 10.1111/j.1465-7295.2012.00508.x.
Misch, F., Gemmell, N. and Kneller, R. (forthcoming), ‘Growth and welfare maximization in models of public finance and endogenous growth’, Journal of Public Economic Theory.
Gemmell, N. and Au, J. (2013), 'Government size, fiscal policy and the level and growth of output: A review of recent evidence', Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 18, Apr, 203-229.
2012
Gemmell, N. and Hasseldine, J. (2012), ‘The tax gap: a methodological review’ Advances in Taxation, 20, December, pp.203-231.
Creedy, J. and Gemmell, N. (2012), ‘Measuring revenue responses to tax rate changes in multi-rate income tax systems: behavioural and structural factors’, International Tax and Public Finance. Published online October, 2012. DOI 10.1007/s10797-012-9255-7.
Gemmell, N. and Ratto, M. (2012), ‘Behavioural responses to taxpayer audits: Evidence from random enquiries of UK self-assessed taxpayers’, National Tax Journal, 65, March, 33-58.
2011
Creedy, J. and Gemmell, N. (2011), ‘Corporate tax asymmetries: effective tax rates and profit shifting’, International Tax and Public Finance, 18, March, 422-435.
Gemmell, N. (2011), ‘Can a fiscal stimulus boost economic growth rates?: Introduction’, Economic Journal, 121, February, F1–F3.
Gemmell, N., Kneller, R. and Sanz, I. (2011), ‘The timing and persistence of fiscal policy impacts on growth: Evidence from OECD countries’, Economic Journal, 121, February, F33–F58.
Books and Book Chapters
2012
Gemmell, N., Misch, F. and Moreno-Dodson, B. (2012), ‘Public spending and long-run growth in practice: concepts, tools, and evidence’, Chapter 2 in B. Moreno-Dodson (ed.) Is Fiscal Policy the Answer? A Developing Country Perspective, Washington, DC: World Bank. pp. 69-108. Available at http://www.scribd.com/doc/111543659/Is-Fiscal-Policy-the-Answer .
Conference & Seminar Presentations/Papers
Conference
2012
Gemmell, N. (2012), ‘The top tax rate in New Zealand. How high is too high?’, invited presentation to the New Zealand Government Economics Network Annual Conference, Wellington, December 2012.
Gemmell, N. (2012), ‘Can tax rises pay for the public spending effects of ageing?’, invited presentation to the N.Z. Treasury and Victoria University of Wellington, Affording Our Future Conference, VUW Business School, Wellington, December 2012.
Creedy, J. and Gemmell, N. (2012), ‘Taxpayers’ behavioural responses and the Laffer effect’, paper presented to the 11th Annual LAGV Conference on Public Economics, University of Marseilles, June 2012 (With J. Creedy).
Carey, S., Creedy, J., Gemmell, N. and Teng, J. (2012), ‘Regression estimates of the elasticity of taxable income and the choice of instrument’, paper presented to the New Zealand Association of Economists Annual Conference, Massey University, Palmerston North, June 2012.
2011
Gemmell, N. (2011), ‘Taxes, growth and fiscal stimulus’, Keynote Address presented at the Globalisation & Development Centre, Bond University, Australia and Economic Growth Centre, Nanyang Technical University, Singapore, First Annual Workshop on Economic and Policy Developments in East Asia, Gold Coast, Australia, October.
Creedy, J. and Gemmell, N. (2011), ‘Tax rates and revenue changes: behavioural and structural factors’, paper presented to the New Zealand Association of Economists Annual Conference, Wellington, July.
Bandyopadhyay, D., Barro, R., Couchman, J., Gemmell, N., Liao, G. and McAlister, F. (2011), ‘Calculating Average Marginal Tax Rates for New Zealand, 1907-2009’, slides presented to the New Zealand Association of Economists Annual Conference, Wellington, July.
Misch, F., Gemmell, N. and Kneller, R. (2011), ‘Growth and welfare maximisation in models of public finance and endogenous growth’, paper presented to the N.Z. Macroeconomic dynamics Workshop, Victoria University of Wellington, School of Economics & Finance, Wellington, April.
Seminar
2012
'Taxpayers' responses to income tax rate increases. Do they reduce revenue?', presented to Department of Economics, Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand (March)
"Taxpayers' behavioural responses and the 'Laffer Effect'", presented to MOTU Public Policy Research Seminar Series (April)
'Revenue-Maximising Elasticities of Taxable Income in Multi-Rate Income Tax Structures', presented to School of Economics & Finance, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand (May & September)
2011
'New Zealan Tax Reform' presented to Department of Economics, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia (June)
Department of Economics, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia (June)
'Taxes, Growth and Fiscal Stimulus: What Does the Evidence Say' presented to Globablisation & Development Centre, Faculty of Business, Bond University, Australia (June)
Other Papers
Gemmell, N., Kneller, R. and Sanz, I. (2011), 'The growth effects of corporate and personal income taxes in the OECD'. Globalisation and Development Centre, Bond University, Australia, Working Paper No. 49.
Gemmell, N., Kneller, R. and Sanz, I. (2011), ‘The composition of public expenditure and economic growth’.
Gemmell, N., and Creedy, J. (2011), ‘Tax rates and revenue changes: behavioural and structural factors’, New Zealand Treasury Working Paper No. 05/11.
Gemmell, N., Kneller, R. and Florian Misch (2011), ‘Fiscal policy and growth with complementarities and constraints on government’, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) Discussion Paper No. 11-018. Mannheim: ZEW.
Gemmell, N., Kneller, R. and Florian Misch (2008), ‘Business perceptions, fiscal policy and growth’, University of Nottingham, Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade, CREDIT Research Paper 08/10.