scholarly journals The Impact of the Fiscal Policy on Income and the Consumption of the Poor Households in Morocco: An Analysis with a Computable General Equilibrium Model (CGEM)

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
El Moussaoui Mohamed ◽  
Mohamed Karim
Keyword(s):  
Fiscal Policy ◽  
General Equilibrium ◽  
Equilibrium Model ◽  
Computable General Equilibrium ◽  
Computable General Equilibrium Model ◽  
General Equilibrium Model ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Poor Households ◽  
The Impact

This article examines the effects of the fiscal policy on income and the consumption of the poor households in urban and rural areas. The evaluation of this impact is carried out by the use of a real and static Computable General Equilibrium Model (CGEM) in open economy and with government. The Social Accounting Matrix of the year 2013 is used for the supposed simulations.The results obtained show clearly that 50% direct tax reduction in income for the urban poor households and 100% for the rural ones make it possible to increase significantly the disposable income of these households as well as improving their consumption. On the other hand, the other policies such as exempting the agricultural and food commodities from the indirect tax, combined with 20% increase in this tax for the industrial products and the private services, or the exemption of the agricultural and food products from the customs duties, do not have a positive effect on the income and the consumption of the poor households.

Liberalization of Consumer Goods: Issues, Status and Impact

Paradigm ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-96
Author(s):  
Sanjib Pohit
Keyword(s):  
General Equilibrium ◽  
Equilibrium Model ◽  
Consumer Goods ◽  
Computable General Equilibrium ◽  
Computable General Equilibrium Model ◽  
General Equilibrium Model ◽  
The Other ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Indian Industries

The liberalization of consumer goods imports and its effect on Indian industries has been a topic of debate in recent times. However, most of the debate has been more on theoretical conjectures than on empirical findings. In this paper, we have analysed firstly the extent of quantitative restrictions (QRs) on consumer goods imports vis-a-vis other imports and then the implications of their relaxation using a computable general equilibrium model for India. Our findings suggest that the Indian industries do not suffer significantly due to freeing of consumer imports. On the other hand, the economy experiences small positive gains from efficient use of resources.

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